You've Got To Stand For Something Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Now, [C]Daddy didn't like trouble,
but [G]if it came a[C]long
[F]Everyone that [C]knew him
knew which side that he'd be [G]on
He [F]never was a [C]he ro
or this [F]county's shinin' [C]light
But you could [Am]always find him [F]standing up
For [G]what he thought was [C]right
He'd say

[Chorus 1]
You've [C]got to stand for something
or you'll [F]fall for any[C]thing
You've got to be your own man,
not a puppet on a [G]string
Never [F]compromise what's [C]right
and up[F]hold your family [C]name
You've [Dm]got to [E]stand for [F]something
or you'll [G]fall for anything

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 2]
Now, we [C]might have been better off
or [G]owned a bigger [C]house
If [F]Daddy had done more [C]givin' in
or a little more backing [G]down
But we [F]al ways had [C]plenty
just a- [F]livin' his ad[C]vice:
"What[Am]ev er you do toda[F]y,
you'll have to [G]sleep with to[C]night"
He'd say

[Chorus 2]
You've [C]got to stand for something
or you'll [F]fall for any[C]thing
You've got to be your own man,
not a puppet on a [G]string
Never [F]compromise what's [C]right
and up[F]hold your family [C]name
You've [Dm]got to [E]stand for [F]something
or you'll [G]fall for any[C]thing

[Bridge 1]
Now I [F]know that things are [C]different
Than they [F]were in Daddy's [C]day
But I [F]still believe what makes a man
really hasn't [G]changed

[Chorus 3]
You've [C]got to stand for something
or you'll [F]fall for any[C]thing
You've got to be your own man,
not a puppet on a [G]string
Never [F]compromise what's [C]right
and up[F]hold your family [C]name
You've [Dm]got to [E]stand for [F]something
or you'll [G]fall for any[Am]thing

[Outro 1]
You've [Dm]got to stand for [F]something
or you'll [G]fall for anything
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