We Used To Stand So Tall Chords
by Simone White
We Used To Stand So Tall by Simone White is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, Bm, A, G, F#m, E and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
D Bm D Bm
D Bm D Bm
Hush now darling my momma said
D Bm A
Your daddy's worried bout the rents(?)
D Bm D Bm
One day you'll learn about the enemy
D Bm A
You have to fight so you'll be free
D Bm D
Another day will dawn
Bm D
Our country will be strong
Bm A
God knows we can't go wrong
D Bm D Bm
Be good darling do as we say
D Bm A
One day you'll learn to work for pay
D Bm D Bm
And you will understand that we are poor
D Bm A
You must work hard so you'll have more
Bm Bm D
Another day will dawn
Bm D
You will grow up so strong
Bm A
We know you will be long
D Bm D Bm
Listen father there is no work
D Bm A
It seems that no one sees my worth
D Bm D Bm
I have no money to pay my rent
D Bm A
I cannot pay back what was lent
G D Bm
Listen mother I lost my man
D Bm A
He was shot down in a foreign land
G D Bm
The captain cannot say what he died for
D Bm A
They only tell me we're at war
F#m Bm D
Another time will come
Bm D
You'll see what we have done
Bm A
I only hope we may be forgiven
D Bm D
Another rain will fall
F#m Bm D
And wash away our song(?)
D Bm D
We used to stand so tall
D Bm D
We used to stand so tall
D Bm A E B
We used to stand so tall (end on B)