By: Jimmy Buffett, Buzz Cason
1971

[intro: E Esus2 E   E Esus2 E]

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                   AA Piano Chord 

Evil, it's been here all along
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                                  AA Piano Chord 

Good things, they just seem to have come and gone
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                        AA Piano Chord 
        EE Piano Chord 

In my life I have seen so much go wrong
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                        AA Piano Chord 
             CC Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 

And there's only one way left for us to get along

Chorus:
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             AA Piano Chord 

You got to bend a little one way or the other
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               AA Piano Chord 

You got to leave your mind open to discover
CC Piano Chord 
               GG Piano Chord 
                FF Piano Chord 

Seems I've been fightin' it all along
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                GG Piano Chord 
                        FF Piano Chord 

You got to bend a little no matter which side you're 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

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               GG Piano Chord 
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Seems I've been fightin' it all along
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              FF Piano Chord 

I've 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 - |32ooo3|      C - |x32o1o|  F - |xx3211|
Bb? - |x1232o|
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