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Words and music by Randy California (1951-1997); as recorded by Spirit on the album Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, 1971.
In E and / or C# minor, sort of, as on the recording.
Aadd9 G#sus4 G#
1. It's nature's way of telling you something's wro....ong...
Aadd9 G#sus4 G#
It's nature's way of telling you in a so.....ng...
C#m A B
It's nature's way of receiving you,
C#m A B
It's nature's way of retrieving you,
E B A
It's nature's way of telling you something's wro...ong...
Aadd9 G#sus4 G#
2. It's nature's way of telling you: soon we'll free...eeze...
Aadd9 G#sus4 G#
It's nature's way of telling you: dyin' tree...ees...
C#m A B
It's nature's way of receiving you,
C#m A B
It's nature's way of retrieving you,
E B A
It's nature's way of telling you something's wro...ong...
A B/a A B/a A B/a A
Just nature's way It's nature's way...
A B/a A B/a A B/a A
It's nature's way It's nature's way...
Aadd9 G#sus4 G#
3. It's nature's way of telling you something's wro....ong...
Aadd9 G#sus4 G#
It's nature's way of telling you in a so.....ong...
C#m A B
It's nature's way of receiving you,
C#m A B
It's nature's way of retrieving you,
E B A
It's nature's way of telling you something's wro...ong...
B A
Something's wro...ong...
B A B C#m
Something's wro...o...o...o...ong.
LYRICS: from one of the OnLine Guitar Archive mirror sites:
http://www.leo.org/pub/rec/music/guitar/songs/olga/s/spirit/index.html,
posted there by Glen Macon, 23 Jul 92. Verified by listening to the recording. Confidence: 100%.
This is Randy California at his most lyrical. I believe the lead vocal was sung by Jay Ferguson on the original album version.
CHORDS: They came with the lyrics, from the site above. I've adjusted the placement of a few of them. I've verified them by playing along with the recording several times. Confidence: 94%. It's hard for me to tell what key this song is. I suppose it moves back and forth between C# minor and E major (the former is the relative minor of the latter.) How did he ever find that opening sequence of Aadd9 to G#sus4 to G#?!
Chord suggestions:
Aadd9 G#sus4 G#
X O O O X O X O O
============= ============= =============
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| | O O | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | O | O | O O O | | | O O
----------- -----------
| | | O | | | | | O | |
----------- -----------
| O | O | | | O O | | |
----------- -----------
|-------- this pair --------| OR |------- this pair -------|
A B/a bass A B/a bass
X O X X O X X O O X O O
============= ============= ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | O | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | O O O | | | | | | | | | | O | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | | O | | | | | | | O |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | O O O | | | | | | | | | | O | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | 7 | | O | | |
----------- -----------
Slide back and forth between one or the other pair of A and B chords,
for the "Just nature's way, it's nature's way" section, changing on
every beat. I can't tell which of these pairs Randy C. plays (if either)
but both work nicely here.
- W A, 24 Mar 1997. Last revised 28 Dec 1997. Formatting last tweaked 28 May 2001.
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