Misc Originals – Brooks Herring - I Stand (Guitar)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)
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[Intro] E G D (x3) A [Verse]
        E         G         D             E         G       D
There’s plenty of things in life that can bring you to your knees

        E         G          D                E         G        D
punched in the gut, or makin’ it home after a year fightin’ overseas

        E          G         D             E         G   D
Part of growin’ up is learning to stand up on your feet

        E         G         D                     A
When you die they’ll lay you down, watch what you do with the in between
[Chorus]
         E
You can kneel to put that ring on her hand

     G
And kneel before your God

D
Kneel to help a friend to their feet

                A
When you’re the only one they’ve got

        E
You can kneel at the stone of a hero

     G
Who laid down their life

             D
But when the flag is raised and that music plays

   A
Oh say I better see you rise

    E G D
I stand

     E G D
Oh I stand
E G D A [Verse]
        E       G             D              E       G          D
I don’t have to like what you say, but I’ll die to defend your right

        E       G             D   E       G          D
Soldiers they don’t care who you voted for last time

        E       G             D              E       G          D
So show some respect when old glory waves and you hear that sacred tune

        E       G             D                           A
I’ve seen an old man stand and salute from a wheelchair, dammit you can too
[Chorus]
         E
You can kneel to put that ring on her hand

     G
And kneel before your God

D
Kneel to help a friend to their feet

                A
When you’re the only one they’ve got

        E
You can kneel at the stone of a hero

     G
Who laid down their life

             D
But when the flag is raised and that music plays

   A
Oh say I better see you rise

    E G D
I stand
[Bridge]
      G           D          E
Oh so proudly we stand, cuz divided we fall

       G             D          A
At the dawn’s early light, she waves for us all
[Chorus]
         E
You can kneel to put that ring on her hand

     G
And kneel before your God

D
Kneel to help a friend to their feet

                A
When you’re the only one they’ve got

        E
You can kneel at the stone of a hero

     G
Who laid down their life

             D
But when the flag is raised and that music plays

   A
Oh say I better see you rise, Oh say I better see you rise

    E G D
I stand

     E G D
Oh I stand

      E G D
Yeah, I stand