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Bend Me Shape Me Bass Tab by The American Breed

Bend Me Shape Me bass tab by The American Breed

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Bend Me Shape Me
This, the original version, released by The American Breed in 1967
Peaked at 24 in UK Charts.  Bass performance Charles Colbert Jnr.
Tab by bass50611. Not exact but close enough as it matters.

Intro:
G|-------|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-DRUM--|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-START-|-------6--6---8--8---------------6--6---8--8-------|
E|-------|-8--8---------------6--6---8--8---------------6--6-|

Verse:                                    (Play This x2)
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6--6---8--8---------------6--6---8--8-------|
E|-8--8---------------6--6---8--8---------------6--6-|
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Pre-Chorus:
G|--------------------------------------|
D|----------------5---5---3---3---7---7-|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5-4-3---3---1---1---5---5---|

                                         (Break)
G|------7-4-------------------------------|
D|---------7-4----------------------------|
A|-5--5-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------|

Chorus:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3-5--5---------------------5--5--------------------3-5--5--------|
E|-5--5--------3--3-4-5--5---5--5-------3--3---5--5---5--5--------3--3-4-|

                                                (Break)
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------5--5------------------------------|
E|-5--5---5--5--------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|

Interlude:
G|-------|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-DRUM--|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-START-|-------6--6---8--8---------------6--6---8--8-------|
E|-------|-8--8---------------6--6---8--8---------------6--6-|

Verse:                                    (Play This x2)
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6--6---8--8---------------6--6---8--8-------|
E|-8--8---------------6--6---8--8---------------6--6-|

Pre-Chorus:
G|--------------------------------------|
D|----------------5---5---3---3---7---7-|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5-4-3---3---1---1---5---5---|

                                         (Break)
G|------7-4-------------------------------|
D|---------7-4----------------------------|
A|-5--5-------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------|

Chorus:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3-5--5---------------------5--5--------------------3-5--5--------|
E|-5--5--------3--3-4-5--5---5--5-------3--3---5--5---5--5--------3--3-4-|

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------5--5------------------------------------|
E|-5--5---5--5--------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Outro:
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------3-5--5---------------------5--5--------------------3-5--5--------|
E|-5--5--------3--3-4-5--5---5--5-------3--3---5--5---5--5--------3--3-4-|

G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------5--5------------------------------------|
E|-5--5---5--5--------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

REPEAT OUTRO TO FADE/END

You are all the woman
I need, and baby you know it,
You can make this beggar a king
A clown or a poet.
I'll give you all that I own.
You've got me standing in line
Out in the cold, pay me some mind.

Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,
Long as you love me, it's all right
Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,
You got the power to turn on the light.

Everybody tells me
I'm wrong to want you so badly,
But there's a force driving me on,
I follow it gladly.
So let them laugh I don't care,
Cause I got nothing to hide,
All that I want is you by my side.

Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,
Long as you love me, it's all right
Bend me, shape me
Anyway you want me,

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