The Blues Guitar

  This is my version of the classic song 'Stand By Me'. The song was written by Leiber / Stoller and King, and was originally recorded and made famous in the 60's by Ben E King. In my arrangement, I have written and played it with a slower, country blues feel to it. It is a solo fingerstyle piece played with a travis picking pattern where the thumb plays the bass notes on alternating strings, and the melody line is played on the higher strings. This video and tab just playes through the first two verses of the song and once through the chorus. This incorporates the majority of the musical sections of the song, and can be repeated and varied as necessary if you would like to play more of the original song.  The tune is in 4/4 time and is played on a guitar in standard tuning. The tune is quite straightforward to play if you are familiar with playing fingerstyle guitar, and shouldn't pose too many problems. Below is the tab for the song in various formats, and also