Buffett Jimmy - Bend A Little guitar chord

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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 01:21:09 -0400 (EDT)

From: Arleen Myers

Subject: Jimmy Buffett "Bend a Little"

@SONG Bend a Little

By: Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason

1971

[intro: E Esus2 E   E Esus2 E]

E                   A

Evil, it's been here all along

E                                  A

Good things, they just seem to have come and gone

E                        A        E

In my life I have seen so much go wrong

E                        A             C     E

And there's only one way left for us to get along

Chorus:

           E             A

You got to bend a little one way or the other

           E               A

You got to leave your mind open to discover

C               G                F

Seems I've been fightin' it all along

           C                G                        F

You got to bend a little no matter which side you're on

                  E (3rd time play Bb?)

Or soon you'll be gone

Papers, they print it every day

Housewife, wraps the garbage then throws it away

I don't guess she thinks they have that much to say

But when the time is right she'll be the lady with so much to pay

  

Repeat chorus:

History, it teaches much too well

Nations, had to rise up before they fell

And my eyes see the story they're tryin' to tell

And tonight I think I heard the final toll of the bell

Repeat chorus

C               G                F

Seems I've been fightin' it all along

            F              F

I've been a fightin' and a fightin'

Got to bend a little no matter which side you're on

It's a long and and dirty battle

It seems I've been fightin' it all along

I've been a tearin' and a pullin'

Got a bend a little no matter which side you're on

Yes I know cause

It seems I've been fightin' it all along

I've been a punchin' and a gougin'

And it seems no matter which side you're on

I've been a tearin' and a rippin' and

It seems I've been fightin' it all along

It don't matter 'cause you know you

Got a bend a little no matter which side you're on

You got to bend a little backwards

Cause it seems I've been fightin' it all along

Cause it seems I've been fightin'...

You got to bend a little no matter which side you're on

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Chord diagrams:   E - |o221oo|  Esus2 - |o22120|  A - |oo222o|

                  G - |32ooo3|      C - |x32o1o|  F - |xx3211|

                  Bb? - |x1232o|

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transcribed by Arleen Myers (myera@ils.unc.edu) August '95

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