There are (Ab)times I (Db)find it hard to (Bbm)sleep at (Ab)night.
We are liv ing through such trou bled (Bb)times,
and ev ’ry (Ab)child that (Adim)reach es out for (Bbm7)some one to hold, for one (Fm)mo ment they be (Cm)come my (Eb7sus)own.
And how can (Fm7sus)I
pre (Eb6)tend that I don’t (Dbmaj13)know what’s go ing (Ab)on when ev ’ry (Bbm7)sec ond of ev ’ry (Ab)min ute un der the (Dbm6)soul is gone?
And I be (Ab)lieve
that (Eb)in my life I will (Cm7)see
an end to (Bbm7)hope less ness, of giv ing up, of (Ab)suf (Eb)fer (Fm)ing.
And we all (Ab)stand
to (Ab)geth er this one (Ab6)time,
then (Ab7)no one will get (Dbmaj9)left be hind.
(Cm7)Stand (Fm)up for (Bbm7)life.
(Cm7)Stand (Fm)up and hear me (Bbm7)sing.
(Eb)Stand up
for (Ab)love.
I’m in (Ab)spired
and (Bbm)hope (Ab)ful each and ev ’ry (Ab)day:
that’s how I (Fm)know that things are gon na (Bb)change.
So how can (Fm7sus)I
pre (Eb6)tend that I don’t (Dbmaj13)know what’s go ing (Ab)on when ev ’ry (Bbm7)sec ond of ev ’ry (Ab)min ute un der the (Dbm6)soul is gone?
And I be (Ab)lieve
that (Eb)in my life I will (Cm7)see
an end to (Bbm7)hope less ness, of giv ing up, of (Ab)suf (Eb)fer (Fm)ing.
And we all (Ab)stand
to (Ab)geth er this one (Ab6)time,
then (Ab7)no one will get (Dbmaj9)left be hind.
(Cm7)Stand (Fm)up for (Bbm7)life.
(Cm7)Stand (Fm)up and hear me (Bbm7)sing.
(Eb)Stand up
for (Ab)love.
I’m in (Ab)spired
and (Bbm)hope (Ab)ful each and ev ’ry (Ab)day:
that’s how I (Fm)know that things are gon na (Bb)change.
So how can (Bbm7)life.
(E)Stand up for love.
And it all starts right here
and it starts right now: one per son (Emaj7)stands up and, and the rest will fol low.
For (Eb7sus)all the for got ten, for (Eb7)all the un loved, (Ab)I’m gon na sing this song.
And I be (Ab)lieve
that (Eb)in my life I will (Cm7)see
an end to (Bbm7)hope less ness, of giv ing up, of (Ab)suf (Eb)fer (Fm)ing.
(E)If we all (A)stand
to (A)geth er this one (A6)time,
then (A7)no one will get (Dmaj9)left be hind.
(C#m7)Stand (F#m7)up for (Bm7)life.
(C#m7)Stand (F#m7)up and sing.
(E7sus)Stand up
for (A)love,
for (D)love, for (A)love.
This page shows “Stand Up For Love” by Destiny's Child 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 Db at 80 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.