Biography:
Al Stewart (born in Glasgow, Scotland on 5 September 1945) is a British songwriter and musician. He is best known for his 1976 single Year of the Cat and its 1978 follow-up Time Passages (both produced by Alan Parsons). Stewart's inspiration for his songs primarily comes from the past; indeed, he is credited with creating his own genre, "historical folk rock". At one time in his life, Stewart took guitar lessons from King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp.
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Other songs:
- A League Of Notions
- Almost Lucy
- Angry Bird
- Apple Cider Reconstitution
- Broadway Hotel
- Carol
- Electric Los Angeles Sunset
- Flying Sorcery
- If It Doesnt Come Naturally Leave It
- Im Falling
- In Brooklyn
- Katherine Of Oregon
- Last Days Of The Century
- Laughing Into 1939
- Life In Dark Water
- Lord Grenville
- Lord Salisbury
- Love Chronicles
- Manuscript
- Marion The Chtelaine
- Midas Shadow
- News From Spain
- Night Of The Fourth Of May
- Nostradamus
- Old Admirals
- On The Border
- One Stage Before
- Palace Of Versailles
- Red Toupee
- Roads To Moscow
- Running Man
- Samuel Oh How Youve Changed
- Sand In Your Shoes
- Song On The Radio
- Strange Girl
- Terminal Eyes
- The Ballad Of Mary Foster
- The Carmichaels
- The Dark And The Rolling Sea
- The Loneliest Place On The Map
- Three Mules
- Time Passages
- Timeless Skies
- Trespasser
- Year Of The Cat
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Artist - Al Stewart
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Song - If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It
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Album - Year Of The Cat
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Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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INTRO
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D G X4
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VERSE 1 (Section 1)
******** 00:20
D G Electric Guitar
Nothing that's forced can ever be right [-----------]
D G [-----------]
If it doesn't come naturally, leave it [-----------]
D G [-5-4-2-----]
That's what she said as she turned out the light [-------0-5-]
Bm F# [-----------]
And we bent our backs as slaves of the night
G Gm
she lowered her guard showed me the scars
D A Bm
She got from trying to fight
G A D G D G
Saying oh, you'd better believe it.
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VERSE 2
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D G
Well I'm up to my neck in the crumbling wreckage
D G
Of all that I wanted from life (Section 1)
D G
When I looked for respect all I got was neglect
Bm F#
Though I swallowed the lign as a sign of the times
G Gm
But dealing a jack from the back of the pack
D A Bm
They said "You lose again"
G A D
Oh, I said, who needs it
Guitar Notes
01:11
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[------s-------]
[-7-9-911-9-7-]
[--------------]
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CHORUS
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F#
Well don't get me wrong now I tried to get on
Bm A G
With the jokers that got in my way
Gm D
And I put on a smile and I tried all the while to be straight
F#
But they just wanted more all the time and I'm sure
Bm A G
That you know what I mean when I say
Gm A
That I'm sick of the touch and there's only so much you can take.
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VERSE 3
********
D G
Well nothing that's real is ever for free
D G
And you just have to pay for it sometime (Section 1)
D G
She said it before, she said it to me
Bm F#
I suppose she believed there was nothing to see
G Gm
But the same old four imaginary walls
D A Bm
She built for living inside
G A D
I said oh, you just can't mean it
SOLO 1 - D G X5
******* Bm F# G D A Bm G A D G D
02:08
Guitar 1
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[-17-17-17-15--15-17-15-14-|-15-14---p---------15-15-|-15-17--15-15-15-]
[---------------------------|-------16-14-16-16-------|-----------------]
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[--b--rb--br---|--brp---------|----------------|-----------------]
[-20-20--20-19-|-17--15----15-|--b-------------|------b---p------]
[--------------|--------16----|-14-14-12-11----|-11-12--12-11-11-]
[--------------|--------------|-------------14-|-----------------]
[--------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------]
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b S
[------------------|-10-12-12--12-109-]
[-brp-----brp------|-------------------]
[-9--7----9-7----7-|-------------------]
[------9------9----|-------------------]
[------------------|-------------------]
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CHORUS
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F#
Well there was never a doubt that she had to get out
Bm A G
she was just looking around for a way
Gm D
In the pit of the night there was nowhere to hide any more
F#
She was out on a limb, she was reaching for things
Bm A G
That she wanted, but just couldn't say
Gm A
And she had to be sure that she wouldn't get caught like before.
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VERSE 4
********
D G
Well nothing that's forced can ever be right
D G
If it doesn't come naturally, leave it (Section 1)
D G
That's what she said as she turned out the light
Bm F#
And she may have been wrong, and she may have been right
G Gm
But I woke with the frost, and noticed she'd lost
D A Bm
The veil that covered her eyes
G A D
I said oh, you can leave it.
SOLO 2 - D G
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03:38
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p b b
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[-----------------------------------------------------|--------16----------]
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Fade out....................
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[-brp------|------------------------------------------------------]
[-9--7-9---|--s--7-----s---11-------s---12-------s---14-------s---]
[--------9-|-79---9--912----12--1214----14--1416----16--1617-]
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A nice Al Stewart Song, Enjoy..............
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Song - If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It
***********************************************
Album - Year Of The Cat
*************************
Tabbed By - Ayreon77
**********************
INTRO
******
D G X4
-----------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 1 (Section 1)
******** 00:20
D G Electric Guitar
Nothing that's forced can ever be right [-----------]
D G [-----------]
If it doesn't come naturally, leave it [-----------]
D G [-5-4-2-----]
That's what she said as she turned out the light [-------0-5-]
Bm F# [-----------]
And we bent our backs as slaves of the night
G Gm
she lowered her guard showed me the scars
D A Bm
She got from trying to fight
G A D G D G
Saying oh, you'd better believe it.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 2
********
D G
Well I'm up to my neck in the crumbling wreckage
D G
Of all that I wanted from life (Section 1)
D G
When I looked for respect all I got was neglect
Bm F#
Though I swallowed the lign as a sign of the times
G Gm
But dealing a jack from the back of the pack
D A Bm
They said "You lose again"
G A D
Oh, I said, who needs it
Guitar Notes
01:11
[--------------]
[------s-------]
[-7-9-911-9-7-]
[--------------]
[--------------]
[--------------]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
CHORUS
*******
F#
Well don't get me wrong now I tried to get on
Bm A G
With the jokers that got in my way
Gm D
And I put on a smile and I tried all the while to be straight
F#
But they just wanted more all the time and I'm sure
Bm A G
That you know what I mean when I say
Gm A
That I'm sick of the touch and there's only so much you can take.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 3
********
D G
Well nothing that's real is ever for free
D G
And you just have to pay for it sometime (Section 1)
D G
She said it before, she said it to me
Bm F#
I suppose she believed there was nothing to see
G Gm
But the same old four imaginary walls
D A Bm
She built for living inside
G A D
I said oh, you just can't mean it
SOLO 1 - D G X5
******* Bm F# G D A Bm G A D G D
02:08
Guitar 1
[----------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------]
[--b-10--b-|-15-12--b-------p----------------|----------------------------s]
[-9-----9--|-------14-14--12-11-------12---s-|----------------s---14-16-16]
[----------|--------------------14-12----14-|---h---12-12--1416----------]
[----------|---------------------------------|-12-14-----------------------]
[----------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------]
[-----------b----------|---h--p------|---h--p------|---h--p------|-------]
[---h---15-17-17-17----|-15-17-15----|-15-17-15----|-15-17-15----|-15----]
[-16-18-------------16-|----------16-|----------16-|----------16-|----16-]
[----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------]
[----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------]
[----------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------]
[--b------p------h--------s-|---p---------------------|-----br----------]
[-17-17-17-15--15-17-15-14-|-15-14---p---------15-15-|-15-17--15-15-15-]
[---------------------------|-------16-14-16-16-------|-----------------]
[---------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------]
[---------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------]
[---------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------]
[--b--rb--br---|--brp---------|----------------|-----------------]
[-20-20--20-19-|-17--15----15-|--b-------------|------b---p------]
[--------------|--------16----|-14-14-12-11----|-11-12--12-11-11-]
[--------------|--------------|-------------14-|-----------------]
[--------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------]
[--------------|--------------|----------------|-----------------]
b S
[------------------|-10-12-12--12-109-]
[-brp-----brp------|-------------------]
[-9--7----9-7----7-|-------------------]
[------9------9----|-------------------]
[------------------|-------------------]
[------------------|-------------------]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
CHORUS
*******
F#
Well there was never a doubt that she had to get out
Bm A G
she was just looking around for a way
Gm D
In the pit of the night there was nowhere to hide any more
F#
She was out on a limb, she was reaching for things
Bm A G
That she wanted, but just couldn't say
Gm A
And she had to be sure that she wouldn't get caught like before.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
VERSE 4
********
D G
Well nothing that's forced can ever be right
D G
If it doesn't come naturally, leave it (Section 1)
D G
That's what she said as she turned out the light
Bm F#
And she may have been wrong, and she may have been right
G Gm
But I woke with the frost, and noticed she'd lost
D A Bm
The veil that covered her eyes
G A D
I said oh, you can leave it.
SOLO 2 - D G
*******
03:38
[-------------------------------------------------------]
[------------------------------------s------------------]
[--------------------------s---12--1112-11--11-9-11-12-]
[muffled-------s------9--1112--------------------------]
[--s--5--7-9--910-12-----------------------------------]
[-57---------------------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------|--------------------------------]
[--b--b---------------------------|-------------------------h---15-]
[-14-14-14--14-12-11-------12---s-|---------------s---14--14-16----]
[--------------------14-12----14-|---h---12----1416--------------]
[---------------------------------|-12-14----14--------------------]
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[----------|-------------|-------------------------]
[-14-15-17-|-15-14-------|---h---------------------]
[----------|-------16----|-14-16-14-14----14-16----]
[----------|----------16-|-------------16----------]
[----------|-------------|----------------------17-]
[----------|-------------|-------------------------]
[--b--b--b--b--b--brp-------------------]
[-17-17-17-17-17-17--15----15-----------]
[-----------------------16-----16----14-]
[---------------------------------16----]
[---------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------]
p b b
[------s---14----15-14-------17-14-15-17-17-]
[----1517----17-------17-15----------------]
[-14----------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------]
[--brp-------------brp---------brp--------s-|----------------------------]
[-17--15---17-15--17--15-----17--15----15--|-15-14----------------------]
[------------------------16---------16------|-------16-14----------------]
[-------------------------------------------|-------------16-14----------]
[-------------------------------------------|-------------------17-16-14-]
[-------------------------------------------|----------------------------]
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[---h---14---h---14---h---14---h---14----]
[-14-16----14-16----14-16----14-16----14-]
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[-16-17----16-17----16-17----16-17----16-17----]
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[---h---14---h---14---h---14---h---14----]
[-14-16----14-16----14-16----14-16----14-]
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[---h---16---h---16---h---16---h---16---h---16-]
[-16-17----16-17----16-17----16-17----16-17----]
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[---------------------------------------------------s-|--brp---------------]
[-18-18--19-19--19-19--19-19--19-19--19-19--19-19~~~-|-16--14----14-14-16-]
[-----------------------------------------------------|--------16----------]
[-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------]
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Fade out....................
[----------|------------------------------------------------------]
[-brp------|------------------------------------------------------]
[-9--7-9---|--s--7-----s---11-------s---12-------s---14-------s---]
[--------9-|-79---9--912----12--1214----14--1416----16--1617-]
[----------|------------------------------------------------------]
[----------|------------------------------------------------------]
A nice Al Stewart Song, Enjoy..............
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