If It Doesn't Come Naturally Leave It bass tab by Al Stewart
Bass Tab
Contributed by Ayreon77
- 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
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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
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D|-------------------------------------|-5-4-------|
A|-------------------------------------|-----7-0-5-|
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That`s what she said as she turned out the light
And we bent our backs as slaves of the night
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A|-----2-2-2-2------------------------2-0-|
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she lowered her guard showed me the scars She got from trying to fight, Saying oh, you`d better believe it.
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BREAK
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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
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When I looked for respect all I got was neglect
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Though I swallowed the lign as a sign of the times
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But dealing a jack from the back of the pack,
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They said `You lose again` Oh, I said, who needs it
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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
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And I put on a smile and I tried all the while to be straight,
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But they just wanted more all the time and I`m sure, That you know what I mean when I say
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That I`m sick of the touch and there`s only so much you can take.
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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
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She said it before, she said it to me
I suppose she believed there was nothing to see
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But the same old four imaginary walls She built for living inside I said oh, you just can`t mean it
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BREAK
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02:11
SOLO
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02:24
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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
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In the pit of the night there was nowhere to hide any more
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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
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And she had to be sure that she wouldn`t get caught like before.
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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
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D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------5-4-------|
A|-----5--------------------------------------------------------------------------7-0-5-|
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That`s what she said as she turned out the light, And she may have been wrong, and she may have been right
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A|-----2-2-2-2------------------------2-0-|
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But I woke with the frost, and noticed she`d lost, The veil that covered her eyes, I said oh, you can leave it.
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BREAK
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03:40
SOLO 2
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