Stand by Me/Beautiful Girls Acoustic Guitar Lesson - Ben E King/Sean Kingston

Here is an acoustic guitar lesson of Stand by Me or Beautiful Girls by Ben E King and Sean Kingston. This lesson has been done by James from the acoustic covers duo "Handsome Alvin", please check out our covers at:

http://www.youtube.com/aushandsomealvin

Capo 2nd Fret

Chord Progression for Entire Song:

G; G; Em; Em;
C; D; G; G;

Strumming:

D X D UXU (where X is a muted strum)

or

D DU UDU

Lyrics:

Stand By Me

Intro (0:00)

Verse 1 (0:15)
When the night has come, And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No, I won't be afraid, No, I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me, So, darling, darling,

Chorus (0:48)
Stand by me, Oh, stand by me.
Oh, stand, stand by me, Stand by me.

Verse 2 (1:03)
If the sky that we look upon, Should tumble and fall
Or the mountain should crumble to the sea,
I won't cry, I won't cry, No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me. and, darling, darling,

Chorus (1:37)
Stand by me, Oh, stand by me.
Oh, stand, stand by me, Stand by me.

Instrumental (1:53)

. Darling, darling

Chorus (2:25)
Stand by me, Oh, stand by me.
Oh, stand, stand by me, Stand by me, Whenever your in trouble wont you
Stand by me, Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand, stand by me, Stand by me.

Beautiful Girls

Chorus (0:02)
You're way too beautiful girl; That's why it will never work
You had me suicidal, suicidal; When you say it's over
Damn all these beautiful girls; They only wanna do you dirt
They'll have you suicidal suicidal; When they say it's over

Verse 1 (0:32)
See it started at the park, used to chill after dark
Oh, when you took my heart, that's when we fell apart
Cuz we both thought, that love could last forever (last forever)
They say we're too young, to get ourselves sprung
Oh we didn't care, we made it very clear
And they also said, that we couldn't last together (last together)
See it's very define, you're one of a kind
But you're much on my mind, you often get declined
Oh lord my baby you're driving me crazy

Chorus (1:16)
You're way too beautiful girl; That's why it will never work
You had me suicidal, suicidal; When you say it's over
Damn all these beautiful girls; They only wanna do you dirt
They'll have you suicidal suicidal; When they say it's over

Verse 2 (1:46)
It was back in 99, watching movies all the time
Oh when I went away for doing my first crime
And I never thought, that we was gonna see each other (see each other)
And then I came out, mommy move me down south
Oh I with my girl who I thought was my world
It came out to me, that she wasn't the girl for me (girl for me)
See it's very define, you're one of a kind
But you're much on my mind, you often get decline
Oh lord my baby you're driving me crazy

Chorus (2:29)
You're way too beautiful girl; That's why it will never work
You had me suicidal, suicidal; When you say it's over
Damn all these beautiful girls; They only wanna do you dirt
They'll have you suicidal suicidal; When they say it's over

Verse 3 (3:00)
Now we are fussing and now we are fighting
Please tell me why, I'm feeling slighted
And I don't know, how to make it better (make it better)
You're dating other guys, you're telling me lies
Oh I can't believe what I'm seeing with my eyes
I'm losing my mind, and I don't think it's clever (think its clever)

Chorus (3:28)
You're way too beautiful girl; That's why it will never work
You had me suicidal, suicidal, suicidal, suicidal

Enjoy

James from Handsome Alvin

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[captainpicard321]

Wow, I can play it now (on the keyboard - but I cheated and used the "Midi/Transpose" button = +2 to get it to sound the same).

Using "G" as the Tonic, the progression here seems to be:

G, G, Em, Em, C, D, G, G = 1, 1, 6, 6, 4, 5, 1, 1 and sounds very nice!

Great vid m8! Please post some more popular songs!

[educationalmaterials]

Nothing wrong using that it come in very handy indeed sometimes.

[thegodstheyvemade]

wait. .. are you sure thats g ? isnt it Asharp? coz its played on the second fret ? im confused :( sorry

[educationalmaterials]

It's a G chord in relation to the capo

[herbienbrian]

I'm doing it!!! :D

[educationalmaterials]

Well done!!!!

[tetane123]

thanx bro that was good



[djguitargreg]

i enjoy your lessons and you are a great teacher....learned more in twenty minutes than 6 months of lessons.....thanks

[artieblud111]

And is that it for the whole song??

[ohmygudde]

Love the stumming!

[loyaranha]

i love you man..... its the best song i know and now i can play it all because of you...!!1

[chopper071707]

Dude you are awesome, I've watched 3 of your lessons and added 3 new songs to my book, just amazing

[debstar2005]

Thank you so so so much i have learnt this song now! my 1st ever song and ive had my guitar for 2 long yrs. So it can be done thanks and keep up the good tuts more easy ones for fools like me please!!!

[debstar2005]

Thank you so so so much i have learnt this song now! my 1st ever song and ive had my guitar for 2 long yrs. So it can be done thanks and keep up the good tuts more easy ones for fools like me

[wallykav1516]

Ok check this out,LAST KISS by Peal Jam is played the very same way when strumming,the chords are the same and the strumming pattern DDU U DU IS THE same aswell.So on rotation of the strumming with each cord and you have last kiss.Now you got a great deal,,3 songs in one.You wont find that on the Mc Donalds saver menu,no matter what country your in.Peace out!.

[waggygee]

hmm.. can't seem to get the "D X D UXU" pattern sounding right... more practice!