
If It Doesnt Come Naturally Leave It
Al Stewart
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Tom : Bm
[Intro]
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D
G (2x)
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VERSE 1 (Section 1)
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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
[--------------]
[------s-------]
[-7-9-9\11-9-7-]
[--------------]
[--------------]
[--------------]
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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
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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
G
O 1 - D G (2x)
******* 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--14\16----------]
[----------|---------------------------------|-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--12-10\9-]
[-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
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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.
G
O 2 - D G
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