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She wants him the (Bb)staff so bad ly; knows what she (Cm)wants to be.
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Book Just mark ing old man so in close that now.
(Cm)fa This book girl by is half bo his age.
Don’t stand so
(Em7)close to me,
Don’t stand so
(Em7)close to me.
Her friends are so jea lous.
You know how bad girls get.
Some times it’s (Bb)not so ea sy to be the (Cm)teach er’s pet.
Temp ta tion, frus tra tion, so bad it (Cm)makes him cry.
Wet bus stop, she’s wait ing.
His car is (Cm)warm and dry.
Don’t stand so
(Em7)close to me.
Don’t stand so
(Em7)close to me.
Her friends are so jea lous.
You know how bad girls get.
Some times it’s (Bb)not so ea sy to be the (Cm)teach er’s pet.
Temp ta tion, frus tra tion, so bad it (Cm)makes him cry.
Wet bus stop, she’s wait ing.
His car is (Cm)warm and dry.
Don’t stand so
(Em7)close to me.
Don’t stand so
(Em7)close to me.
Don’t stand so (don’t stand so) (Em7)close to me.
Don’t stand so (don’t stand so) (Em7)close to me.
This page shows “Don't Stand So Close To Me '86” by The Police in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of G at 126 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.