Intro:    C/  G7 C/   Am G

C                            G
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman,
Dm               G7               C
Giving all your love to just one man.
  F                        C
You'll have bad times, and he'll have good times,
D                     D7          G        G7
Doing things that you don't understand.

C                             G
But if you love him you'll forgive him,
Dm               G7            C
Even though he's hard to understand.
F                    C               F 
And if you love him, oh, be proud of him,
  C              G7          C      F    C   G
´cause after all he's just a man.

C             E7   F                       Em    Dm
Stand by your man;    give him two arms to cling to,
C             A7
And something warm to come to,
D                    G          G7
When the nights are cold and lonely;
C             E7        F                  Em  Dm
Stand by your man, and tell the world you love him,
C           G7               E7   A   F        G       C     F  C  G
Keep giving all the love you can;        stand by your man.


C             E7       F                   Em  Dm
Stand by your man, and tell the world you love him,
C           G            G7  E7   A  F         G       C     F  C  G7  C
Keep giving all the love you can;      stand,  by your man.