Stand By Me - Ben E King

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This song is pretty simple, as it is the same chord progression for the whole song. This version is for a full band, as the guitar only plays triads on the second and fourth beats. You can try different inversions of triads if you want.

Stand By Me - Ben E King Lead Sheet

Stand By Me - Ben E King Lead Sheet

If you wanted to play the song by yourself, you could simply change the strumming pattern using full chords like this example below.

Alternate strumming

Alternate strumming

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