Standards chords by Mayfair Lane

• Capo on 3rd

Key: Gm

Note:
Anywhere you see asterisks (*) hold chord/strum once


Chorus:
C                     G                         D
Stare those standards down, Stare them into the ground
                           Em
You don’t need them in the life you’re living
C                    G                          D
Come tell me who you are, Where you’re falling apart
                   Em                 C*
We can talk of the life you’re living now

Verse 1:
G                    G
Slip off your shoes, You know the tide is coming in
G                  G                 Em
You’ve got to lose before you get to win
C
Before you get to win

G                  G
Relax that stance, ain’t no one asking you to fight
G                  G                       Em
It’s like romance, you can’t always get it right
      C                   G
Can’t always get it right


Pre-Chorus:
G                 C                  D
Girl, what’s this need to be needed, Need to be noted
Em                  Em
Seen as devoted but slipping away
   C                       D
Contentment is calling but you’re busy falling
     Em
From heights you’ve constructed
Em                            C      D
In fear that you’ll always be plain, Hey


Chorus:
C                     G                         D
Stare those standards down, Stare them into the ground
                           Em
You don’t need them in the life you’re living
C                    G                          D
Come tell me who you are, Where you’re falling apart
                   Em                 C
We can talk of the life you’re living now


Verse 2:

G                       G
Put down those weights, That you’ve been lugging everywhere
G            G                               Em
Take hold of grace and find the peace that’s there
     C
Come find the peace that’s there


Pre-Chorus:
G                 C                  D
Girl, what’s this need to be needed, Need to be noted
Em                  Em
Seen as devoted but slipping away
   C                       D
Contentment is calling but you’re busy falling
     Em
From heights you’ve constructed
Em                            C      D
In fear that you’ll always be plain, Hey


Chorus:
C                     G                         D
Stare those standards down, Stare them into the ground
                           Em
You don’t need them in the life you’re living
C                    G                          D
Come tell me who you are, Where you’re falling apart
                   Em                 C        C
We can talk of the life you’re living now


Bridge:
C         C
Hey lady, why you running around?
Em               Em
Take a load off, come and sit on down
C            C                     G     G
Hey darling, take a moment and stay
C         C
Hey Mama, say goodbye to the guilt
Em               Em
If you’re empty, then you need to be filled
C           C                  G      G
Hey sister, hustling isn’t the way


Chorus:
C*                    G*                        D*
Stare those standards down, Stare them into the ground
                           Em*
You don’t need them in the life you’re living
C*                   G*                         D*
Come tell me who you are, Where you’re falling apart
                   Em*
We can talk of the life you’re living

C                     G                         D
Stare those standards down, Stare them into the ground
                           Em
You don’t need them in the life you’re living
C                    G                          D
Come tell me who you are, Where you’re falling apart
                   Em                 C        C
We can talk of the life you’re living now


Outro:
G     G     G     G     G*