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Bend

Dear Reader
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
If  you do not bend,  you will eventually  break
 Unless  you make the wind  stop blowing  your way
 ...and that's basically it. The Gmaj9 gets a variation every other verse, but I'm
 not really sure about that (x45005?). You can do fine without it
 Rest of the lyrics:
 We were like two kids blowing on each other with two straws
 Only I was willing to stop and listen to yours
 You say you do not want me because I want too much
 And I almost let you patronize me one last time
 But I don't want too much, I just want more than you've got
 So the lack is not with either, we are merely a different size
 Don't forget regret, it is a waste of an emotion
 And acceptance is the key to peace, do not try to defy her
 No, I'm not sad we met and slept together in the same bed
 I bent, I curved, I lent, I learnt, I'm stronger
 You did not do me wrong, in fact you did me right
 To let me go, although I felt so broken
 For you did not see the heart of me, perhaps you were too lazy
 And though I tried I could not gain the heart of you either
 So now it's done and I am glad that I will find another man
 Though you will always be the first I tasted
 And I will harness all this pain and let it bear me far away
 I would not let this happening be wasted
 If you do not bend you will eventually break
 Unless you make the wind stop blowing away
 And we were like two kids blowing on each other with two straws
 Only I was willing to stop and listen to yours

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Readable chord sheet for Bend by Dear Reader

[Em]

[Em]If you do not [G]bend, you will eve[D]ntually br[Em]eak
Un[C]less you make the [Gmaj9]wind stop bl[D]owing your [Em]way

[Em]

...and that's basically it. The Gmaj9 gets a variation every other verse, but I'm
not really sure about that (x45005?). You can do fine without it

Rest of the lyrics:

We were like two kids blowing on each other with two straws
Only I was willing to stop and listen to yours

You say you do not want me because I want too much
And I almost let you patronize me one last time
But I don't want too much, I just want more than you've got
So the lack is not with either, we are merely a different size

Don't forget regret, it is a waste of an emotion
And acceptance is the key to peace, do not try to defy her
No, I'm not sad we met and slept together in the same bed
I bent, I curved, I lent, I learnt, I'm stronger

You did not do me wrong, in fact you did me right
To let me go, although I felt so broken
For you did not see the heart of me, perhaps you were too lazy
And though I tried I could not gain the heart of you either

So now it's done and I am glad that I will find another man
Though you will always be the first I tasted
And I will harness all this pain and let it bear me far away
I would not let this happening be wasted

If you do not bend you will eventually break
Unless you make the wind stop blowing away
And we were like two kids blowing on each other with two straws
Only I was willing to stop and listen to yours

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