Intro: F#m E Bm D x3 Verse 1: F#m E Bm D There was a piece of a song I heard the other day F#m E Bm D Some words I heard this singer say F#m E D Something in me loved the way that it sounded A C# G When he said how he wanted to stand Stand and be counted Break: F#m E Bm D x2
Verse 2: F#m E Bm D Now, sometimes I talk to myself in the early dawn F#m E Bm D Before all the fragments of my dreams are gone F#m E D Things you don't know why your mind held on to A C#m G Or else sometimes you know more than you want to Chorus: A D E A D E Stand and be counted, stand on the truth A D E G F#m E Stand on your honor, stand and be counted Break: F#m E Bm D x2 Verse 3: F#m E Bm D And I wonder who that kid was standing brave and trim F#m E Bm D And I hear myself breathe and I know that I was him F#m E D Defender of the poor and those who cannot speak A C#m G I thought I'd be standing by the dam trying to stop the leak Chorus: A D E A D E Stand and be counted, stand on the truth A D E G F#m E Stand on your honor, stand and be counted Bridge: C#m A E So concerned with matters of the heart C#m A E And knowing the millenium was just about to start F#m A Bm And knowing that somehow we could make a difference Solo: (Over Verse Chords) Verse 4: F#m E Bm D I want to stand alone in front of the world and that oncoming tank F#m E Bm D Like that Chinese boy that we all have to thank F#m E D He showed us in a picture that I have mounted A C#m G Exactly what it means to stand and be counted Outro: A D E A D E Stand and be counted, stand on the truth A D E G F#m E Stand on your honor, stand and be A D E A D E Stand and be counted, stand on the truth A D E G F#m E Stand on your honor, stand and be A D E A D E A D E G F#m E A D E A D E Stand and be counted, stand on the truth A D E Stand on your honor