{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":62750,"song":"Bend A Little","artist":"Jimmy Buffett","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/62750-bend-a-little-chords-by-jimmy-buffett/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/62750?type=chord","rating":0.08466,"votes":0,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nDate: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 01:21:09 -0400 (EDT)\r\nFrom: Arleen Myers \r\nSubject: Jimmy Buffett \"Bend a Little\"\r\n\r\n@SONG Bend a Little\r\nBy: Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason\r\n1971\r\n\r\n[intro: [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus2[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus2[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEvil, it's been here all along[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGood things, they just seem to have come and gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn my life I have seen so much go wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd there's only one way left for us to get along[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou got to bend a little one way or the other[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou got to leave your mind open to discover[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSeems I've been fightin' it all along[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYou got to bend a little no matter which side you're on[/tab]\r\n E (3rd time play Bb?)\r\nOr soon you'll be gone\r\n\r\nPapers, they print it every day\r\nHousewife, wraps the garbage then throws it away\r\nI don't guess she thinks they have that much to say\r\nBut when the time is right she'll be the lady with so much to pay\r\n\r\nRepeat chorus:\r\n\r\nHistory, it teaches much too well\r\nNations, had to rise up before they fell\r\nAnd my eyes see the story they're tryin' to tell\r\nAnd tonight I think I heard the final toll of the bell\r\n\r\nRepeat chorus\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSeems I've been fightin' it all along[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI've been a fightin' and a fightin'[/tab]\r\nGot to bend a little no matter which side you're on\r\nIt's a long and and dirty battle\r\nIt seems I've been fightin' it all along\r\nI've been a tearin' and a pullin'\r\nGot a bend a little no matter which side you're on\r\nYes I know cause\r\nIt seems I've been fightin' it all along\r\nI've been a punchin' and a gougin'\r\nAnd it seems no matter which side you're on\r\nI've been a tearin' and a rippin' and\r\nIt seems I've been fightin' it all along\r\nIt don't matter 'cause you know you\r\nGot a bend a little no matter which side you're on\r\nYou got to bend a little backwards\r\nCause it seems I've been fightin' it all along\r\nCause it seems I've been fightin'...\r\nYou got to bend a little no matter which side you're on\r\n\r\n[tab]---------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nChord diagrams: E - |o221oo| Esus2 - |o22120| A - |oo222o--|\r\n G - |32ooo3| C - |x32o1o| F - |xx3211--|[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]? - |x1232o|\r\n--------------------------------------------------------------[/tab]\r\ntranscribed by Arleen Myers (myera@ils.unc.edu) August '95\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nDate: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 01:21:09 -0400 (EDT)\nFrom: Arleen Myers \nSubject: Jimmy Buffett \"Bend a Little\"\n\n@SONG Bend a Little\nBy: Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason\n1971\n\n[intro: E Esus2 E E Esus2 E]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n E (3rd time play Bb?)\nOr soon you'll be gone\n\nPapers, they print it every day\nHousewife, wraps the garbage then throws it away\nI don't guess she thinks they have that much to say\nBut when the time is right she'll be the lady with so much to pay\n\nRepeat chorus:\n\nHistory, it teaches much too well\nNations, had to rise up before they fell\nAnd my eyes see the story they're tryin' to tell\nAnd tonight I think I heard the final toll of the bell\n\nRepeat chorus\n\n\n\nGot to bend a little no matter which side you're on\nIt's a long and and dirty battle\nIt seems I've been fightin' it all along\nI've been a tearin' and a pullin'\nGot a bend a little no matter which side you're on\nYes I know cause\nIt seems I've been fightin' it all along\nI've been a punchin' and a gougin'\nAnd it seems no matter which side you're on\nI've been a tearin' and a rippin' and\nIt seems I've been fightin' it all along\nIt don't matter 'cause you know you\nGot a bend a little no matter which side you're on\nYou got to bend a little backwards\nCause it seems I've been fightin' it all along\nCause it seems I've been fightin'...\nYou got to bend a little no matter which side you're on\n\n\n\ntranscribed by Arleen Myers (myera@ils.unc.edu) August '95\n-----------------------------------------------------------------","chords":["E","Esus2","A","C","G","F","Bb"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}