Chord/Tab song: Bend a Little

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]Evil, it's been here[A] all along
[E]Good things, they just seem to have[A] come and gone
[E]In my life I have seen so[A] much go [E]wrong
[E]And there's only one way [A]left for us to[C] get a[E]long

Chorus:
You got to [E]bend a little [A]one way or the other
You got to [E]leave your mind [A]open to discover
[C]Seems I've been [G]fightin' it all a[F]long
You got to [C]bend a little no [G]matter which side you're [F]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]Seems I've been [G]fightin' it all a[F]long
I've been a [F]fightin' and a [F]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



---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chord diagrams: E - |o221oo| Esus2 - |o22120| A - |oo222o--|
G - |32ooo3| C - |x32o1o| F - |xx3211--|
Bb? - |x1232o|


--------------------------------------------------------------

transcribed by Arleen Myers ([email protected]) August '95


-----------------------------------------------------------------