If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It Bass tabs by Al Stewart

If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It bass tab by Al Stewart

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Tuning: Standard tuning
Difficulty: Intermediate

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              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 (1976)
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              Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard



INTRO
******  s        s        s        s
G|-----|-5\7-7---------|-5\7-7---------|-5\7-7---------|-5\7-7---------|
D|-----|-------9-7-----|-------9-7-----|-------9-7-----|-------7-9-----|
A|-5~~-|-----------5~~-|-----------5~~-|-----------5~~-|-----------5~~-|
E|-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|

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00:14
VERSE 1
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Nothing that`s forced can ever be right

If it doesn`t come naturally, leave it
G|-------------------------------------|-----------|
D|-------------------------------------|-5-4-------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----7-0-5-|
E|-------------------------------------|-----------|

That`s what she said as she turned out the light

And we bent our backs as slaves of the night
G|----------------------------------------|
D|--------------0-0-2-2--4-4-4-4--2-0-----|
A|-----2-2-2-2------------------------2-0-|
E|----------------------------------------|

she lowered her guard showed me the scars She got from trying to fight, Saying oh, you`d better believe it.
G|-----------------|------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------2-----------|
D|-----------------|------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------2---2---------|
A|-----------------|------|-------0-1-0-|-3--5---5--4--------4--2-----2-0--0--------5----0----------5--5-5-|
E|---3---------3-3-|-1--3-|-------------|-------------------------------------3---3----3----------4--------|

BREAK
******
  s        s
G|-5\7-7---------|-5\7-7---------|
D|-------9-7-----|-------7-9-----|
A|-----------5~~-|-----------5~~-|
E|---------------|---------------|


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00:44
VERSE 2
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Well I`m up to my neck in the crumbling wreckage Of all that I wanted from life
G|----------------------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------------------4-5-------------|------------------|-----4-5-4-------|
A|----------------------------7-----------------|--------5---------|-5-7-------7---5-|
E|----------------------------------------------|----5-7-----------|-------------5---|

When I looked for respect all I got was neglect
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------4-5-----------|
A|------------------------------7---------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Though I swallowed the lign as a sign of the times
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------0-0-2-2--4-4-4-4--2-0---|
A|--------0-2-2-2-2------------------------2-|
E|-------------------------------------------|

But dealing a jack from the back of the pack,
G|--------------|--------------|------------|
D|--------------|--------------|------------|
A|------------5-|--------------|------0-1-0-|
E|--3-------3---|----------1-3-|------------|

 They said  `You lose again`   Oh,   I said, who needs it
G|------------------------------------------------2---------------|-------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------2-----7-7-----|------s------|
A|----------5--5-4------4-2----2-0--0------5---0--------5---------|-5-7-7\9-7-5-|
E|------------------------------------3--3---3--------4-------3-5-|-------------|


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01:11
CHORUS
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 Well don`t get me wrong now I tried to get on, With the jokers that got in my way
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----9------------------------9-------------------------2-----------2---0-----0------|
E|-9------------------------9-------------------------2-----------------------------3--|

 And I put on a smile and I tried all the while to be straight,
G|---------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|-----4---|---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------5--|-------4-|---------|
E|-0---3-------------------3---3--------------------5------|---------|-5-4-2-2-|

 But they just wanted more all the time and I`m sure, That you know what I mean when I say
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------2------2-0---------0---|
E|----------------------------------0---2-----------------------2-----------------------3-|

 That I`m sick of the touch and there`s only so much you can take.
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------2-2-0-----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------2-2-4-2-------4-2-0-----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------0-5---0-0-3-----------------------4-2-|
E|---------0--3------------------0----3---------3-------------3-------3-------------------------|


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01:40
VERSE 3
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 Well nothing that`s real is ever for free, And you just have to pay for it sometime
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------5-4-------|
A|-----5--------------------------------------------------------------------------7-0-5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 She said it before, she said it to me

 I suppose she believed there was nothing to see
G|----------------------------------------|
D|--------------0-0-2-2--4-4-4-4--2-0-----|
A|-----2-2-2-2------------------------2-0-|
E|----------------------------------------|

 But the same old four imaginary walls She built for living inside  I said oh,  you just can`t mean it
G|-----------------|------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------2---------|
D|-----------------|------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------2---2-------|
A|---------------5-|------|-------0-1-0-|-3--5---5--4--------4--2-----2-0--0--------5----0----------5--5-|
E|---3---------3---|-1--3-|-------------|-------------------------------------3---3----3----------4------|


BREAK
******
  s        s
G|-5\7-7---------|-5\7-7---------|
D|-------9-7-----|-------7-9-----|
A|-----------5~~-|-----------5~~-|
E|---------------|---------------|


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02:11
SOLO
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G|---------------|-------|------------------|------------|---------------------|---------|
D|-----------4-5-|-------|--------4-5-4-----|--------4-5-|--------------4--4-4-|---------|
A|-5--5-5--7-----|-----5-|-5-5--7-------7---|-5--5-7-----|-5------5-5-7--------|-5-4-2-0-|
E|---------------|-5-7---|----------------5-|------------|---7--7--------------|---------|

02:24
G|---------|-----|---------|------------------------------------------------|
D|---------|-----|---------|------------------------------------------------|
A|-------5-|-----|-0-1-0---|-5--5--4---4--2---2--0---0------5-----------7---|
E|-3---3---|-3-3-|-------3-|---------------------------3--3----3-4-5--5---5-|

          s
G|--------------|-5\7-7-7------------|--------------|
D|--------------|---------9-7--------|--------4-----|
A|-5--5-5-5-5-5-|-------------5--5-5-|-5--5-7---7-5-|
E|--------------|--------------------|--------------|


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02:41
CHORUS
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 Well there was never a doubt that she had to get out, she was just looking around for a way
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----9--------------------------------9---------------------------2---------------2---0-----0-----|
E|-9--------------------------------9---------------------------2--------------------------------3--|

 In the pit of the night there was nowhere to hide any more
G|---------------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|
D|---------------5-----------------------------------------|-----4---|---------|
A|------------------------------------------------------5--|-------4-|---------|
E|-------0---3----------------------3---3-----------5------|---------|-5-4-2-2-|

 She was out on a limb, she was reaching for things, That she wanted, but just couldn`t say
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------2-------2---0----0----------|
E|-------------------------------0---2---------------------2-----------------------------3-|

 And she had to be sure that she wouldn`t get caught like before.
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------2-2-0-----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------2-2-4-2-------4-2-0-----|
A|----------------------------------------------------0-5---0-0-3-----------------------4-2-|
E|--------0--3----------------0---3---------3-------------3-------3-------------------------|


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03:09
VERSE 4
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 Well nothing that`s forced can ever be right, If it doesn`t come naturally, leave it
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------5-4-------|
A|-----5--------------------------------------------------------------------------7-0-5-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 That`s what she said as she turned out the light, And she may have been wrong, and she may have been right
G|----------------------------------------|
D|--------------0-0-2-2--4-4-4-4--2-0-----|
A|-----2-2-2-2------------------------2-0-|
E|----------------------------------------|

 But I woke with the frost, and noticed she`d lost, The veil that covered her eyes, I said oh, you can leave it.
G|-----------------|------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------2------|
D|-----------------|------|-------------|----------------------------------------------------2---2----|
A|---------------5-|------|-------0-1-0-|-3--5---5--4--------4--2-----2-0--0--------5----0----------5-|
E|---3---------3---|-1--3-|-------------|-------------------------------------3---3----3----------4---|


BREAK
******
  s        s
G|-5\7-7---------|-5\7-7---------|
D|-------9-7-----|-------7-9-----|
A|-----------5~~-|-----------5~~-|
E|---------------|---------------|


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03:40
SOLO 2
*******  s
G|--------5\7-7-----|
D|--------------9-7-|Just Repeat
A|-5--0-5-----------| This throughout the
E|------------------|   Solo and fade out.....

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