Stand Behind Me chords by Carole King

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:
 Bb  Bb  Am7  D7


🎸 Verse 1:
      Gmaj7              Bb7
I was wanting someone to talk to
D#maj7
Needing to let myself out
Am7                 D7               Gmaj7    D7
Knowing beyond a doubt the past is behind me. There was
Gmaj7               Bb7
Nowhere but here to walk to
D#maj7
Letting the time go by
Am7              D            Gmaj7     G
Trying to see if I could ever find me

🎸 Bridge:
Cm7               F7
It didn't seem to make much sense
Dm7                Gm7                  Cm7            F7
Thinking about the dent I'd made in the world to date
Bb         Dm7
"Was I too late?", you say
Gm7         Cm7                  Am7    D7
Should I create today or let it be?


🎸 Verse 2:
    Gmaj7               Bb7
Now needing a hand to cling to
D#maj7
Lucky I was to find
Am7                D7              Bm7
Someone of similar mind to stand behind me
Em7                      Am7
Not letting dazzlement blind me
D                    Bm7
Showing me where to find me
Em7                Am7         D
Willing to just be kind, oh-oh-oh
            Gmaj7    D7
And stand behind me


🎸 Verse 3:
    Gmaj7               Bb7

D#maj7

Am7                D7              Bm7

Em7                      Am7
Not letting dazzlement blind me
D                    Bm7
Showing me where to find me
Em7                Am7         D
Willing to just be kind, oh-oh-oh
            Gmaj7
And stand behind me


🎸 Outro:
    D       Gmaj7
Oh, stand behind me
D       Gmaj7
Stand behind me
D       Gmaj7      G