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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 (022100@1)                 AEvil, (x02220@1)it's been here all along
E (022100@1)                                AGood (x02220@1)things, they just seem to have come and gone
E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)      EIn (022100@1)my life I have seen so much go wrong
E (022100@1)                      A (x02220@1)           C (x32010@1)   EAnd (022100@1)there's only one way left for us to get along

Chorus:
           E (022100@1)           AYou (x02220@1)got to bend a little one way or the other
           E (022100@1)             AYou (x02220@1)got to leave your mind open to discover
C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)              FSeems (133211@1)I've been fightin' it all along
           C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                      FYou (133211@1)got to bend a little no matter which side you're on
                  E(3rd (022100@1)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 (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)              FSeems (133211@1)I've been fightin' it all along
            F (133211@1)            FI've (133211@1)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- (320003@1)|32ooo3|      C- (x32010@1)|x32o1o|  F- (133211@1)|xx3211--|
                  Bb? - |x1232o|
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transcribed by Arleen Myers (myera@ils.unc.edu) August '95
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