N A T U R E ' S   W A Y  - Spirit
	 
	 
Words and music by Randy California (1951-1997);
as recorded by Spirit on their 4th 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.
	  
	  
Editor's notes:

This is Randy California at his most lyrical, though I believe the lead vocal was sung by Jay Ferguson on the original album version of this song.

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. Confidence: 100%

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 guess 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#?!

WA's 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 97. Last revised 14 Aug 99.