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I Aint Gonna Stand For It
Stevie Wonder
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...I AIN'T GONNA STAND FOR IT... by Stevie Wonder
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*from 'Hotter Than July' (1980)*
*CAPO 2nd FRET*
(Original Key: A)
Verse 1:
G
 Don't wanna believe,
                     Bm7
What they're telling me;
C
 Somebody's been pickin',
             D7sus  D
In my cherry tree.
G
 Don't wanna mistrust nobody,
       Bm7
By mis-take;
C
 But I hear tell someone's been,
                    D7sus  B7
Diggin' round in my cake.
Chorus 1:
      Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.
      Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
    C6
Nah-ah,
    D6  D7sus
Nah-ah.
Verse 2:
G
 Don't wanna believe,
              Bm7
What somebody said,
C
 But somebody said,
Somebody's shoes,
             D7sus  D
Was under my bed.
G
 Don't wanna cause nobody,
          Bm7
No bodily harm;
C
 But somebody's been rubbin',
                D7sus  B7
On my good luck charm.
Chorus 2:
      Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.
      Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
    C6
Nah-ah,
    D6  D7sus
Nah-ah.
Break:
        G
Oh, oh, oh...
                        Bm7
Oh, oh, my, my, my, my, my, my.
    C                         Am7  D7
Oh, oh... my, my, my, my, my, my.
        G
Oh, oh, oh...
                        Bm7
Oh, oh, my, my, my, my, my, my.
    C                         Am7  D7
Oh, oh... my, my, my, my, my, my.
Chorus 3:
     Em
No I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.
      Em
And I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah,
Break:
(Bass)
(Em  E+, Em7  A7) (x3), C6, B7
Em  E+, Em7  A7 x3
C6       B7 
 Nah-ah...
Chorus 4:
       Em
And  I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.
       Em
And  I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
  Em
I ain't gonna,
E+             Em7   A7
 Stand for it, baby,
    C6  B7
Nah-ah.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G       Bm7     C      D7sus    D       B7      Em
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x24232  x32010  xx0213  xx0232  021200  022000
   E+      Em7     A7      C6      D6      Am7     D7
 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 021000  020000  x02223  x32210  xx0202  x02013  xx0212
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com) 
 
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