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!!Capo 3rd Fret!!
C*: xx2013
Gmaj9: xx4035
Em
EmIf you do not Gbend, you will eveDntually brEmeak
  C*                       Gmaj9            D  Em  
Unless you make the wind stop blowing your way
Em
...and that's basically it. The Gmaj9 gets a variation every other verse, but I'm 
not really sure about that (x45005?). You can do fine without it
Rest of the lyrics:
We were like two kids blowing on each other with two straws
Only I was willing to stop and listen to yours
You say you do not want me because I want too much
And I almost let you patronize me one last time
But I don't want too much, I just want more than you've got
So the lack is not with either, we are merely a different size
Don't forget regret, it is a waste of an emotion
And acceptance is the key to peace, do not try to defy her
No, I'm not sad we met and slept together in the same bed
I bent, I curved, I lent, I learnt, I'm stronger
You did not do me wrong, in fact you did me right
To let me go, although I felt so broken
For you did not see the heart of me, perhaps you were too lazy
And though I tried I could not gain the heart of you either
So now it's done and I am glad that I will find another man
Though you will always be the first I tasted
And I will harness all this pain and let it bear me far away
I would not let this happening be wasted
If you do not bend you will eventually break
Unless you make the wind stop blowing away
And we were like two kids blowing on each other with two straws
Only I was willing to stop and listen to yours

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Bend

by Dear Reader

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Gmaj9

!!Capo 3rd Fret!!

*: xx2013

Gmaj9

: xx4035

Em G D Em

If you do not bend, you will eventually break

C Gmaj9 D Em

Unless you make the wind stop blowing your way

...and that's basically it. The Gmaj9 gets a variation every other verse, but I'm

not really sure about that (x45005?). You can do fine without it

Rest of the lyrics:

We were like two kids blowing on each other with two straws

Only I was willing to stop and listen to yours

You say you do not want me because I want too much

And I almost let you patronize me one last time

But I don't want too much, I just want more than you've got

So the lack is not with either, we are merely a different size

Don't forget regret, it is a waste of an emotion

And acceptance is the key to peace, do not try to defy her

No, I'm not sad we met and slept together in the same bed

I bent, I curved, I lent, I learnt, I'm stronger

You did not do me wrong, in fact you did me right

To let me go, although I felt so broken

For you did not see the heart of me, perhaps you were too lazy

And though I tried I could not gain the heart of you either

So now it's done and I am glad that I will find another man

Though you will always be the first I tasted

And I will harness all this pain and let it bear me far away

I would not let this happening be wasted

If you do not bend you will eventually break

Unless you make the wind stop blowing away

And we were like two kids blowing on each other with two straws

Only I was willing to stop and listen to yours

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