Chord/Tab song: I Ain't Gonna Stand for It

...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,
What they're telling [Bm7]me;
[C] Somebody's been pickin',
In my cherry [D7sus]tree.[D]

[G] Don't wanna mistrust nobody,
By mis-[Bm7]take;
[C] But I hear tell someone's been,
Diggin' round in my [D7sus]cake.[B7]

Chorus 1:

And I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
Nah-[C6]ah.[B7]

And I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
Nah-[C6]ah,
Nah-[D6]ah.[D7sus]

Verse 2:

[G] Don't wanna believe,
What somebody [Bm7]said,
[C] But somebody said,
Somebody's shoes,
Was under my [D7sus]bed.[D]

[G] Don't wanna cause nobody,
No bodily [Bm7]harm;
[C] But somebody's been rubbin',
On my good luck [D7sus]charm.[B7]

Chorus 2:

And I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
Nah-[C6]ah.[B7]

And I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
Nah-[C6]ah,
Nah-[D6]ah.[D7sus]

Break:

Oh, oh, [G]oh...
Oh, oh, my, my, my, my, [Bm7]my, my.
Oh, [C]oh... my, my, my, my, my, [Am7]my.[D7]

Oh, oh, [G]oh...
Oh, oh, my, my, my, my, [Bm7]my, my.
Oh, [C]oh... my, my, my, my, my, [Am7]my.[D7]

Chorus 3:

No I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
Nah-[C6]ah.[B7]

And I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
Nah-[C6]ah,[B7]

Break:

[(Bass)]
(Em E+, Em7 A7) (x3), C6, B7

Em E+, Em7 A7 x3

[C6] Nah-ah..[B7].

Chorus 4:

And I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
Nah-[C6]ah.[B7]

And I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
I [Em]ain't gonna,
[E+] Stand for it, [Em7]baby,[A7]
Nah-[C6]ah.[B7]

(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[G] [Bm7] [C] [D7sus] [D] [B7][Em]
[EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]x24232 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]xx0213 [EADGBE]xx0232 [EADGBE]021200 [EADGBE]022000

[E+] [Em7] [A7] [C6] [D6] [Am7][D7]
[EADGBE]021000 [EADGBE]020000 [EADGBE]x02223 [EADGBE]x32210 [EADGBE]xx0202 [EADGBE]x02013 [EADGBE]xx0212

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)