Chords for Danny Gokey - Stand By Me - American Idol Season 8 Top 8 - Judges & Performance

_ _ on April 24th, 1980.
I remember when my dad told me that I could sing.
I was sitting in the car driving with my parents,
and I'm singing up there, and la la la,
and [D] my dad looks at my mom and he said,
[A] _
[D] you know, you know, Rhonda, your son [A] can sing.
I [D] was just amazed.
I [G] would just almost start to cry.
I remember I said, I can [Dm] sing.
I can sing.
[E] I didn't know I could [D] sing.
We are the champions!
It's good to know that your kids actually look to you
and take the [E] advice that you've given them over [D] the years.
I'm so proud of you.
_ _ [N] I'm so proud of you.
With Mickey Gilley's version of Stand By Me from 1980,
here's Danny Gokey.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] When [Ab] the _ night has [Eb] come
_ and the _ [Cm] land is _ dark
and the [Bbm] moon _ _ [Db] is the only light [Ab] we'll _ see
_ _ _ _ _ no I _ won't be _ [Bb] afraid
and I [Fm] _ _ won't be _ afraid
_ [D] just [Db] as long, just as long
[Bbm] as you stand, [Eb] stand by [Ab] _ _
me
[Db] so [Eb] darling, just _ [Db] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] stand, _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] stand _ by [Bb] me
oh, [Fm] stand, _ won't you [Db] please stand, stand by [Ab]
me
_ so darling, [Em] darling, _ stand [Abm] by [Gb] me
oh, _
[C] _ _ [E] by [Bbm] me, yeah, [C] yeah, yeah, yeah, [Db] yeah
_ [Cm] why won't [Bbm] you stand, [Eb] stand by me
_ [Dbm] never gonna be trouble, won't you, hey
[Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Db] won't you, yeah, _ _ [Eb] _ _ by my [Dbm] side, [Bbm] hey
[Ab] you can count on my _ side, [Ebm] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ me _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Alright, so, _ _ _ dude, you know what?
When you first came out, right?
You were doing the whole thing.
You had all like the kind of gospel jazz R&B chords.
Like, I did not love the arrangement.
But here's what I love about you.
You're an amazing singer.
You made me love it,
even though I didn't love the arrangement.
That's what it's about.
This is a vocal talent show,
and you got some talent. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Db] Yep.
I, too, was like,
what kind of arrangement is this?
But at [N] the same time, at the end,
you just killed it.
You took it one level, two level, three levels.
It just kept going and going.
And you turned it on its head,
and you made it your own,
and it's really unique.
You did your own thing,
and you did it well.
Thank you, Carol. _ _
_ _ All I can say is, wow, Danny,
you have opened the show,
setting the bar so high
that everyone else who [E] follows you
is going to have to run as fast as they can
to catch up.
Honestly,
[N] _ _ _ going from the creative liberties
that you took with the arrangement,
which I happen to like [G] very much,
[Bb] to the chord substitutions,
they equally match how brilliant your voice was [N] tonight.
Very amazing.
Thank you, Carol. _
_ _ _ What are you thinking about that?
I hope that's what it is.
[E] I understand you.
Look, I thought the beginning [N] was good.
I thought the middle was lazy,
and the end was terrific.
So overall, great.
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ I was wondering how he was going to add on that up.
_ _ Did Danny do it for you?
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