{"id":595,"date":"2021-05-10T04:17:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T04:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=595"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:27:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:27:25","slug":"lean-on-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/lean-on-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Lean on Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\">by Bill Withers &#8211; Key of D<\/span><\/p>\n<input type='hidden' bg_collapse_expand='69ea48a043cb06065305151' value='69ea48a043cb06065305151'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-more-text-69ea48a043cb06065305151' value='Show More'><input type='hidden' id='bg-show-less-text-69ea48a043cb06065305151' value='Show Less'><button id='bg-showmore-action-69ea48a043cb06065305151' class='bg-showmore-plg-button bg-orange-button  '   style=\" color:#4a4949;\">Show More<\/button><div id='bg-showmore-hidden-69ea48a043cb06065305151' ><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-weight: 900\">This song has a very broad appeal, as people from just about any background can relate to the lyrics. It was a hit on a variety of formats and did well all over the US and throughout much of the world. Withers told us: <em>&#8220;It&#8217;s a rural song that translates across demographic lines. Who could argue with the fact that it would be nice to have somebody who really was that way? My experience was, there were people who were that way.&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\">[C] Sometimes in our [F] lives. we all have [C] pain, we all have [Em] sorrow[G]. [C] But if we are [F] wise we really know [C] know that there&#8217;s always [G7]tomorrow [C]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/chords\/E\/CH minor.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [C] Lean on me, when you&#8217;re not [F] strong; and I&#8217;ll be your [C] friend, I&#8217;ll help you [Em] carry [G] on. [C] For it won&#8217;t be [F] long &#8217;til I&#8217;m gonna [C] need Somebody to [G7] lean [C] on.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\">[C] Please swallow your [F] pride. If I have [C] things you need to [Em] borrow [G] &#8211; [C] For no one can [F] fill those of your [C] needs that you won&#8217;t [G7] let show [C]<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\">REPRISE HOOK<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\">You just [C] call on me brother, when you need a hand. We all [C] need somebody to [G7] lean [C] on.\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\">I just [C] might have a problem that you&#8217;ll understand. We all [C] need somebody to [G7] lean [C) on.<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/chords\/E\/CH minor.jpg\" height=\"125\" align=\"right\" \/> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\">{ CHORUS }<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Bill Withers &#8211; Key of D &nbsp; [C] Sometimes in our [F] lives. we all have [C] pain, we all have [Em] sorrow[G]. [C] But if we are [F] wise we really know [C] know that there&#8217;s always [G7]tomorrow [C] { CHORUS } &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; [C] Lean &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/lean-on-me\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lean on Me<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,13,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-chords","category-x-bill-chase","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/595\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}