Lean On Me Chord Chart by Bill Withers
Welcome to my Lean On Me guitar chord chart. What a great song, Lean On Me by Bill Withers uses a pretty simple song structure. There is a cool bass line that goes along with this song, but we are going to keep it simple. This song uses only 3 chords, C, F and G. If you can't do barre chords yet, I would recommend the 'simple' Fmaj7 chord, which looks exactly like a C chord except you move the 2nd and 3rd fingers down one string each.
To keep things simple you can treat each chord as 4 beats unless marked as in the case of | G - C - | which means each chords has 2 beats. In the real song, the second chord changes on the up strum of the 4th beat as shown below
C F C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1
If you find this difficult, that is OK. Just treat each chord as one full measure.
Strum: or
1 + 2 + 3+ 4 + 1 + 2+ 3 + 4 +
D DU D D D U D U
Lean On Me Guitar Chord Chart
By Bill withers
VERSE:
C F C
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
G C F
We all have sorrow But if we are wise
C | G - C -|
We know that there's always tomorrow
CHORUS:
C F C
Lean on me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend
G
I'll help you carry on
C F C
For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need
|G - C -|
Somebody to lean on
VERSE:
C F C
Please swallow your pride If I have things
G C F
You need to borrow For no one can fill
C |G - C -|
Those of your needs That you don't let show
CHORUS:
C F C
Lean on me, when you're not strong And I'll be your friend
G
I'll help you carry on
C F C
For it won't be long 'Til I'm gonna need
|G - C -|
Somebody to lean on
VERSE:
C F C
If there is a load you have to bear
G C F
That you can't carry I'm right up the road
C |G - C -|
I'll share your load If you just call me
BRIDGE:
C C C
So just call on me brother, when you need a hand
C |G - C -|
We all need somebody to lean on
C C C
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
C |G - C -|
We all need somebody to lean on
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.