Stand My Ground chords by 
Sam Gray 
N/A•
Key: G# minor•
Verse 1
Em
My tea's gone cold,
D
I'm wondering why I got
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D
Em
out of bed at all
D
The morning rain clouds up my window,
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D
Em
and I can't see at all
D
Em
D
Even if I could, it'd all be grey,
G
but your picture on my wall
Em
It reminds me that it's not so bad,
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Em
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D
G
D
Em
C
D
it's not so bad
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D
Em
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Em
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Em
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I wrote you but you still ain't calling
D
I left my cell, my pager
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D
and my home phone at the bottom,
Em
C
I sent two letters back in autumn,
you must not have got em,
D
there probably was a problem
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D
in the post office or something,
Em
C
sometimes I scribble addresses too sloppy when I jot em,
D
G
but anyways, fuck it, what's been up man,
D
how's your daughter,
Em
my girlfriend's pregnant too,
C
I'm bout to be a father,
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if I have a daughter,
C
guess what I'ma call her,
Em
I'ma name her Bonnie,
C
I read about your Uncle Ronnie too,
D
I'm sorry, I had a friend kill himself
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D
over some bitch who didn't want him,
Em
I know you probably
C
hear this everyday,
but I'm your biggest fan.
D
G
I even got the underground shit
D
that you did with scam
Em
C
I got a room full of your posters
D
and your pictures man.
G
I like the shit you did with rockets, too
D
Em
That shit was fat.
C
Anyways, I hope you get this man.
C#dim
C#
Hit me back. It's just a chat.
C
Truly yours, your biggest fan.
Em
C
D
G
This is Stan
D
Em
C
D
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D
Em
C
D
Could it all be grey?
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D
Em
Put your picture on my wall
C
And let my eyes read
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That it's not so bad
C
It's not so bad
Em
C
Dear Slim, you still ain't called or wrote
D
I hope you have a chance, I ain't mad
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I just think it's fucked up
D
you don't answer fans
Em
C
If you didn't want to talk to me
outside the concert
D
You didn't have to
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But you could've signed an
D
autograph for Matthew
Em
That's my little brother, man,
C
he's only six years old
D
We waited in the blistering cold for you
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D
Four hours and you just said no
Em
That's pretty shitty, man.
C
You're like his fucking idol.
C#m
C#
C
He wants to be just like you, man.
D
He likes you more than I do.
Em
I ain't that mad, though,
C
I just don't like being lied to.
D
Remember when we met in Denver?
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D
You said if I write you,
Em
you would write back.
C
See, I'm just like you in a way.
D
I never knew my father neither.
G
He used to always cheat on
D
Em
my mom and beat her.
C
I can relate to what you're
saying in your songs,
D
so when I have a shitty day,
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D
I drift away and put them on.
Em
Cause I don't really got shit else,
C
so that shit helps when I'm depressed.
C#dim
C
I even got a tattoo of your name
across the chest
Em
Sometimes I even cut myself
C
to see how much it bleeds
D
It's like adrenaline,
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D
the pain is such a sudden rush for me
Em
See everything you say is real,
C
and I respect you cause you tell it
D
My girlfriend's jealous cause
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D
I talk about you 24 -7
Em
But she don't know you like
C
I know you slim, no one does
D
She don't know what it was like
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D
for people like us growing up
Em
You gotta call me man,
C
I'll be the biggest fan
you'll ever lose
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C#m
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Sincerely yours, Stan, P .S.
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Em
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D
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D
Em
C
we should be together too
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D
Em
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D
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D
Em
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Em
Dear mister,
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I'm too good to call and write my fans
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This'll be the last package I ever
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F#m
Em
Been six months and still no word,
C
I don't deserve it
D
I know you got my last two letters,
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D
I wrote the addresses on them perfect
F#m
Em
C
So this is my cassette I'm sending you,
I hope you hear it
D
I'm in a car right now,
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D
I'm doing 90 on the freeway
Em
C
Hey Slim, I drank a fifth of vodka,
C#dim
you dare me to drive?
C#m
C#dim
C
You know the song by Bill Collins
D
from the air of the night
Em
C
About that guy who could've saved that
D
other guy from drowning but didn't
Then Bill saw it all,
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D
then at his show he found him
Em
That's kinda how this is,
C
you could've rescued me from drowning
D
Now it's too late,
G
I'm on a thousand downers now
D
I'm drowsy,
Em
C
and all I wanted was a lousy letter of a call
D
I hope you know
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D
I ripped all of your pictures off the wall
Em
I love you Slim,
C
we could've been together
C#dim
Think about it, you ruined it now
C
I hope you can't sleep
Em
and you dream about it
And when you dream,
C
I hope you can't sleep
D
and you scream about it
G
I hope your conscience eats at you
D
And you can't breathe without me
Em
C
See Slim, shut up bitch,
I'm trying to talk
D
Hey Slim, that's my girlfriend
G
screaming in the trunk
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Em
But I did n't slit her throat,
C
I just tied her up
See, I ain't like you,
D
cause if she suffocates,
G
she'll suffer more,
D
Em
and then she'll die too. Well, gotta go,
C
I'm almost at the bridge now.
C#dim
C#m
C#dim
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Em
C
C#
Oh shit, I forgot, how am I supposed to send this shit out?
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C#dim
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Em
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C#dim
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Em
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D
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D
Em
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D
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D
Em
And I can't see at all,
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D
even if I could it'd all be grey
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D
Em
Put your picture on my wall,
C
can't grab my arm between
C#dim
C
But it's not so bad, it's not so bad
Em
C
Dear Stan, I meant to write you sooner
but I've just been busy
D
You said your girlfriend's pregnant now,
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D
how far along is she?
Em
Look, I'm really flattered
C
you would call your daughter that
D
And here's an autograph for your brother,
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D
I wrote it on the starter cap
Em
C
I'm sorry I didn't see you at the show,
D
I must've missed you
Don't think I did that shit
G
in tentionally
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just to diss you
Em
C
But what's this shit you said about you
like to cut your wrist too?
C#dim
C
I say that shit just clowning dawg,
Em
come on how fucked it fits you?
You got some issues
C
Stan, I think you need some counseling
D
To help your ass from
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bouncing off the walls
D
when you get down some
Em
And what's this shit about us
C
meant to be together?
D
That type of shit'll make me not
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D
want us to meet each other
Em
C
I really think you and your girlfriend
need each other
D
G
But maybe you just need to treat her better
D
Em
I hope you get to read this letter.
C
I just hope it reaches you in time
before you hurt yourself
C#
C
I think that you'll be doing just fine
Em
if you relax a little. I'm glad
C
I inspire you with Stan
D
Why are you so mad?
G
Try to understand
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Em
that I do want you as a fan.
C
I just don't want you to do some crazy shit
D
I seen this one shit on the news
G
a couple weeks ago
D
that made me sick
Em
Some dude was drunk
C
and drove his car over a bridge
D
and had his girlfriend in the trunk
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D
And she was pregnant with his kid
Em
and in the car they found a tape
C
But they didn't say who it was to
C#dim
Come to think about it
C
His name was
Em
It was you
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