Up Around the Bend By Creedence Clearwater Revival INTRO/INTERLUDE RIFF D D e---------------10--------------|--------------10---------------| b--------------------10------10-|------------------10--------10-| g-------9/11------------11------|-----9/11-------------11-------| d---0---------------------------|--0----------------------------| a-------------------------------|-------------------------------| E-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A D e----------------5--------------|-----------10------------------| B-------------------5------5----|---------------10--------10----| G---------4/6----------6--------|-----9/11------------11--------| D-------------------------------|--0----------------------------| A---0---------------------------|-------------------------------| E-------------------------------|-------------------------------| STRUMMING PATTERN D D U U D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + VERSE D(8 beats per chord) 1. There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' 2. Bring a song and a smile for the banjo, 3. You can ponder perpetual motion, 4. Catch a ride to the end of the highway A (6 fr.) D (2 fr.) Just as fast as my feet can fly. Better get while the gettin's good. Fiz your mind for a crystal day. and we'll meet by the big red tree. D Come away, come away if you're goin', Hitch a ride to the end of the highway Always time for a good conversation, There's a place up ahead and I'm goin', A D Leave the sinkin' ship behind. Where the neons turn to wood. There's an ear for what you say. come along, come along with me. CHORUS G (2 fr.) D (2 fr.) A(4) x2 C'mon the risin' wind, we're goin' up around the bend. Whoooh. (After 3rd VERSE and 3rd CHORUS go to INTERLUDE, SOLO, and VERSE 4) INTERLUDE(intro riff with VERSE chords) SOLO (CHORUS chords)