You've Got To Stand For Something original guitar chords by 
Aaron Tippin 
Key: E major
Intro 1
E
E
E
E
B
E
Verse 1
B
E
but if it came along
A
E
Everyone that knew him
A
E
He never was a he ro
A
E
or this county's shinin' light
C#m
A
But you could always find him standing up
B
E
For what he thought was right
He'd say
Chorus 1
A
E
or you'll fall for anything
You've got to be your own man,
A
A/B
E
Never compromise what's right
A
A/B
E
and uphold your family name
F#m
E/G#
A
You've got to stand for something
Interlude 1
E
E
B
E
Verse 2
B
E
or owned a bigger house
A
E
If Daddy had done more givin' in
A
E
But we al ways had plenty
A
E
just a- livin' his advice:
C#m
A
"Whatev er you do today,
B
E
you'll have to sleep with tonight"
He'd say
Chorus 2
A
E
or you'll fall for anything
You've got to be your own man,
A
A/B
E
Never compromise what's right
A
A/B
E
and uphold your family name
F#m
E/G#
A
You've got to stand for something
B7
E
or you'll fall for anything
Bridge 1
A
E
Now I know that things are different
A
E
Than they were in Daddy's day
Chorus 3
A
E
or you'll fall for anything
You've got to be your own man,
A
A/B
E
Never compromise what's right
A
A/B
E
and uphold your family name
F#m
E/G#
A
You've got to stand for something
B7
C#m
or you'll fall for anything
Outro 1
F#m
A
You've got to stand for something
E
E
E
E
B
E
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