{"id":27723,"date":"2025-12-24T16:21:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=27723"},"modified":"2025-12-24T16:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:21:21","slug":"makin-it-natural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/makin-it-natural\/","title":{"rendered":"Makin&#8217; it Natural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. Makin&#8217; It Natural &#8211; Written by Shel Silverstein<\/p>\n<p>First Verse<\/p>\n<p>          C        G             C<br \/>\nI&#8217;m gonna throw my grass out the window<br \/>\nC             G      C<br \/>\nCrumple up my papers too<br \/>\nC            G            C             G<br \/>\nGive away my speed, Cause all I&#8217;ll ever need<br \/>\nG         C (one strum, no playing &#8217;till next stanza)<br \/>\nIs just a little bit of love from you<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>                       F<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ll be makin&#8217; it natural<br \/>\nF                   C G C<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t it just about time<br \/>\nC        G<br \/>\nThat old stuff I was so keen on<br \/>\nG<br \/>\nI no longer have to lean on<br \/>\nG          F                        C<br \/>\nCause your love&#8217;s enough to keep me high<\/p>\n<p>Second Verse<\/p>\n<p>C              G               C<br \/>\nNow if any you heads want some Panama red<br \/>\nC                      G              C<br \/>\nAll you gotta do is to reach out your hand<br \/>\nC             G                C             G<br \/>\nI&#8217;ll trade my stash for just a little bit of cash<br \/>\nG        C (one strum, no playing &#8217;till next stanza)<br \/>\nTo buy a simple golden wedding band<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>                      F<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ll be makin&#8217; it natural<br \/>\nF                    C G C<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t you ask me how<br \/>\nC             G<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s been the cause of all my sorrow<br \/>\nG<br \/>\nBut I think I&#8217;ll start tomorrow<br \/>\nG        F                          C<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause I sure could use a hit right now<\/p>\n<p>Instrumental Break &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Third Verse<\/p>\n<p>C                          G       C<br \/>\nI&#8217;m gonna throw it out the window, some day<br \/>\nC         G  C<br \/>\nGive away my cocaine<br \/>\nC       G                  C       G<br \/>\nBust my spikes and flush a million mikes<br \/>\nG  C (one strum, no playing &#8217;till next stanza)<br \/>\nOf acid right down the drain<\/p>\n<p>Chorus<\/p>\n<p>                       F<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ll be makin&#8217; it natural<br \/>\nF                    C G C<br \/>\nBut don&#8217;t you ask me how<br \/>\nC<br \/>\nYou know that we can do it baby<br \/>\nG<br \/>\nIf we try it just takes a little will power<br \/>\nG                                     F<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s all, just a little will power<br \/>\nF                                                C     G<br \/>\nSo let&#8217;s get together and build up a little will power now<br \/>\nG                  C<br \/>\nRoll me up another one<\/p>\n<p>Outro<\/p>\n<p>C         G        C         G<br \/>\nMakin&#8217; it natural (makin&#8217; it nat&#8217;ral)<br \/>\nC         G        C         G<br \/>\nMakin&#8217; it natural (makin&#8217; it nat&#8217;ral)<br \/>\n C         G<br \/>\n(makin&#8217; it nat&#8217;ral)<br \/>\n C         G<br \/>\n(makin&#8217; it nat&#8217;ral)<br \/>\n C         G<br \/>\n(makin&#8217; it nat&#8217;ral)<br \/>\nC<br \/>\n(hey how we gon&#8217; get outta here)<br \/>\nC<br \/>\nOut the back door real quick<br \/>\nC        G<br \/>\nOh yeah (oh yeah)<br \/>\nC [let ring]<br \/>\n[hysterical laughter]<br \/>\n[ringing C chord]<br \/>\n(far out) Haha, faaar out ahahahahaha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Makin&#8217; It Natural &#8211; Written by Shel Silverstein First Verse C G C I&#8217;m gonna throw my grass out the window C G C Crumple up my papers too C G C G Give away my speed, Cause all I&#8217;ll ever need G C (one strum, no playing &#8217;till &hellip; <span class=\"more-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/makin-it-natural\/\" class=\"more-link\">CLICK TO VIEW SONG<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Makin&#8217; it Natural<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doctor-hook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27724,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27723\/revisions\/27724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}