God Is Standing By Chords by Al Green

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ When _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ you have trouble, _ [E] don't cry.
_ _ _ _ Just remember, _ _ [F#m] _ God is standing [A] by.
_ Thank you, Lord. _ _
When _ you have heartache, [E] don't cry.
_ No, no, no, no, no.
No, don't be [F#m] discouraged. _ _ _
[A] Don't cry.
And sometime after, say, [D] oh, I'll [G] _ [D] be [Em] standing _
[A] by.
_ _ _ _ [D] So [E] I [A] say, [E] there's no need to [A] cry.
Thank you, Lord.
And there's, [Am] oh, [D] _ _ I'll be [G] standing, _
[A] I'll be standing [F#m] standing by. _
[E] So you see, there's no, no [A] need to cry.
_ _ [E] I'd like [F#m] to say one more [A] thing.
When you have heartache, you [E] wonder why.
_ Yeah. _ _
But just remember, [F#m] I want you to remember, _
[A] He's standing by.
And you don't really have to worry that long.
When you have trouble, _ [E] please don't cry.
Don't cry.
Don't cry.
Oh, no, no, no.
Don't worry.
Don't [F#m] ever be discouraged.
I want you [A] to know you don't have to cry.
And sometime when your burden gets a lot less, [D] oh, _ I'll be,
[G] I'm going to be [A] standing by.
_ _ _ _ _ [D]
[E] So I, yeah, _ there's no need.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ I'll be standing, [Bm] I'm going to be [A] standing by.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] So I, don't you worry.
And [A] don't cry.
Yeah.
[F#m] Don't cry. _ _
[A] Don't cry.
Don't cry.
No, [F#m] _ no, no, no.
[A] Don't cry.
Right now.
[F#m] Don't cry. _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _