Stand Chords
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This acoustic version is E D C B.Was this info helpful?
| Difficulty: | intermediate |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
Author stargazer1701 [a] 1,128. 1 contributor total, last edit on Apr 28, 2022
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Stand- R.E.M. - 1989
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|--------2--0--0--4--2--|
E|--0--4-----------------|
[Chorus 1]
E A B
Stand in the place where you live, now face north
E A B
Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before
E A B
Now stand in the place where you work, now face west
E A B
Think about the place where you live, wonder why you haven't before
[Verse 1]
E D C B
If you are confused check with the sun
E D G A B
Carry a compass to help you along
E D C B
Your feet are going to be on the ground
E D G A B
Your head is there to move you around, so
[Chorus 2]
E A B
Stand in the place where you live, now face north
E A B
Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before
E A B
Now stand in the place where you work, now face west
E A B
Think about the place where you live, wonder why you haven't before
[Verse 2]
E D C B
Your feet are going to be on the ground
E D G A B
Your head is there to move you around
E D C B
If wishes were trees the trees would be falling
E D G A B
Listen to reason, the season is calling
[Chorus 3]
E A B
Stand in the place where you live, now face north
E A B
Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before
E A B
Now stand in the place where you work, now face west
E A B
Think about the place where you live, wonder why you haven't before
[Verse 3]
E D C B
If wishes were trees the trees would be falling
E D G A B
Listen to reason, reason is calling
E D C B
Your feet are going to be on the ground
E D G A B
Your head is there to move you around, so
[Chorus 4]
F# B C#
Stand - stand! - now face north
F# B C#
Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before
F# B C#
Now stand - stand! - now face west
F# B C#
Think about the place where you live, wonder why you haven't
[Chorus 5]
G# C# D#
Stand - stand! - now face north
G# C# D#
Think about direction, wonder why you haven't before
G# C# D#
Now stand - stand! - now face west
G# C# D#
Think about the place where you live
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Stand – R.E.M.
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This works well. Thanks. A few videos online may suggest a slight change. Sounds a bit better to me.
I used your take here with E and A rooted barre chords which seems like the smoothest route for me anyway. Plus, as a relatively new player, been focused on increasing the speed and accuracy. This is a great song for that.
Chorus
E - A - B like you suggest using barre chords
Verse may sound a bit better with the C# added (getting up down strum) between the C - B that get quick up (C) down (B). Same strum pattern with G - A - B in second measure.
E - D - C# - C - B
E- D -G - A - B
This one seemed the best to me. Good job. I heard this on Pandora and really wanted to learn it because it was iconic in terms of my formative years. REM and the Cure were the first bands that I identified with and thanks to help like this I can play it.
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