heliocentric@breathe.com
8th August 2001

BEND ME, SHAPE ME by THE AMEN CORNER

Chords used:

E:   022100 and x7999x
A:   x02220 and 577655
F#m: 244222
G#m: 466444
B:   799877 and x2444x
D:   x5777x
C#m: x46654
Cm:  x35543

the bass and horn riff during the verses
is something like:


  E                    A        F#m
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
--2--2----------------------------------|
--------4--4--2--2-(4)-0--0-------------|
--------------------------------2--2----|

E A F#m (x2)


E                       A
You're the only woman I need
    F#m      E             A     F#m
And baby you know it
E                          A
You can make this beggar a king
  F#m        E             A     F#m
A clown or a poet

G#m           A                 B
 Cos I've got nothing to hide
                E     D  C#m Cm B
Just a piece of mind

E        A
Bend me, shape me
B          E
Anyway you want me
E           A
Long as you love me
D      E
It's alright
E        A
Bend me, shape me
B          E
Anyway you want me
E           A
You got the power
   D           E
To turn on the light

E A F#m (x2)

E                      A
Everybody tells me I'm wrong
   F#m         E        A     F#m
To want you so badly
    E                          A
But there's a force driving me on
     F#m       E        A     F#m
I'll follow it gladly

G#m                 A
 So let them laugh, I don't care
B              E         D       C#m Cm B
 All I want is you by my side

E        A
Bend me, shape me
B          E
Anyway you want me
E           A
Long as you love me
D      E
It's alright
E        A
Bend me, shape me
B          E
Anyway you want me
E           A
You got the power
   D           A
To turn on the light

E (tacet)

E A F#m (x2)

E                       A
You're the only woman I need
    F#m                    A        F#m
And baby you know it
E                          A
You can make this beggar a king
  F#m                      A        F#m
A clown or a poet

G#m        A
 Cos I got nothing to hide
B                E       D  C#m Cm B
 Just a piece of mind

E        A
Bend me, shape me
B          E
Anyway you want me
E           A
Long as you love me
D      E
It's alright
E        A
Bend me, shape me
B          E
Anyway you want me

(repeat chorus til fade)