...I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Hotter Than July' (1980)*
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: A)
Verse 1:
G
Don't wanna believe,
Bm7
What they're telling me;
C
Somebody's been pickin',
D7sus D
In my cherry tree.
G
Don't wanna mistrust nobody,
Bm7
By mis-take;
C
But I hear tell someone's been,
D7sus B7
Diggin' round in my cake.
Chorus 1:
Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
C6 B7
Nah-ah.
Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
C6
Nah-ah,
D6 D7sus
Nah-ah.
Verse 2:
G
Don't wanna believe,
Bm7
What somebody said,
C
But somebody said,
Somebody's shoes,
D7sus D
Was under my bed.
G
Don't wanna cause nobody,
Bm7
No bodily harm;
C
But somebody's been rubbin',
D7sus B7
On my good luck charm.
Chorus 2:
Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
C6 B7
Nah-ah.
Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
C6
Nah-ah,
D6 D7sus
Nah-ah.
Break:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stevie_wonder/i_aint_gonna_stand_for_it_crd.html ]
G
Oh, oh, oh...
Bm7
Oh, oh, my, my, my, my, my, my.
C Am7 D7
Oh, oh... my, my, my, my, my, my.
G
Oh, oh, oh...
Bm7
Oh, oh, my, my, my, my, my, my.
C Am7 D7
Oh, oh... my, my, my, my, my, my.
Chorus 3:
Em
No I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
C6 B7
Nah-ah.
Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
C6 B7
Nah-ah,
Break:
(Bass)
(Em E+, Em7 A7) (x3), C6, B7
Em E+, Em7 A7 x3
C6 B7
Nah-ah...
Chorus 4:
Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
C6 B7
Nah-ah.
Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
Em
I ain't gonna,
E+ Em7 A7
Stand for it, baby,
C6 B7
Nah-ah.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G Bm7 C D7sus D B7 Em
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x24232 x32010 xx0213 xx0232 021200 022000
E+ Em7 A7 C6 D6 Am7 D7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
021000 020000 x02223 x32210 xx0202 x02013 xx0212
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
