Jimmy Buffett (born December 25, 1946 in Gulf Shores, Alabama, United States) is a singer/songwriter, best known for his "island escapism" lifestyle and music including hits such as "Margaritaville" and "Come Monday". He has a rabid, but genial, cult following known as "Parrotheads." They call the youngest members "Parakeets."
Buffett has written three No. 1 best sellers. Tales from Margaritaville and Where Is Joe Merchant? both spent over seven months on the New York Times Best Seller fiction list.
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## 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: EEsus2EEEsus2E]
EA Evil, it's been here all along EA Good things, they just seem to have come and gone EAE In my life I have seen so much go wrong EACE And there's only one way left for us to get along
Chorus: EA You got to bend a little one way or the other EA You got to leave your mind open to discover CGF Seems I've been fightin' it all along CGF 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
CGF Seems I've been fightin' it all along FF 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
---------------------------------------------------------------| Chord diagrams: E - |o221oo| Esus2 - |o22120| A - |oo222o--| G - |32ooo3| C - |x32o1o| F - |xx3211--| Bb? - |x1232o| -------------------------------------------------------------- transcribed by Arleen Myers ([email protected]) August '95 -----------------------------------------------------------------