Standing by

(Db5)I counted the stars tonight.

Oh, how they shine so bright.

I gather them all so we (Gb5)perfectly (Db)align while we gaze from far away

and sep'rately launch the day,

come rising across the (Gb)horizon in our (Db5)minds.

But now I (Gb)know

(Db)my heart is (Gb)strong.

(Db)Where you (Gb)belong

(Db)is by my side.

So will you (Gb)hold?

(Db)'Cause time is (Gb)cold,

(Db)but in your (Gb)soul

(Db)I'm standing by.

Ooh, whoa, (Gb)whoa,

(Db)whoa. Ooh, whoa, (Gb)whoa,

(Db)whoa, (Bbm)whoa.

(Db)I have waited a thousand years,

and now that tomorrow's here I will shout from the mountaintop.

(Gb)Our hearts belong near.

And we've traveled land and sea,

our beacon the love we keep.

But (Db)when we unite, this will (Gb)all have been a dream.

And now we know

(Db)our hearts are (Gb)strong.

(Db)Where we (Gb)belong

(Db)is side by side.

And so we'll (Gb)hold

(Db)each other (Gb)close,

(Db)and in our (Gb)souls

(Db)we're standing by.

Ooh, whoa, (Gb)whoa,

(Db)whoa, whoa.

Ooh, whoa, (Gb)whoa,

(Db)whoa, (Bbm)whoa.

Ooh, whoa, (Gb)whoa,

(Db)ooh, whoa, (Gb)whoa,

(Db)whoa. Ooh, whoa, (Gb)whoa,

(Db)whoa, whoa.

(Ab)And so we'll (Gb)hold

(Db5)each other (Gb)close,