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"Be Nice To Me"
(Todd Rundgren)
Note from AWR: right-hand keyboard voicings are given where not obvious;
the 7-1-3-5 voicing of the major-7th chords is a trademark Toddism.
Intro:
all voiced with F on top
Bb F/A Gm7 Gm7/C
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Verse 1:
Bbmaj9: D-F-A-C
Bbmaj9 Fmaj7
Fmaj7: E-F-A-C
No catch, no strings
Bbmaj9Fmaj7
None of the usual things
Ebmaj7: D-Eb-G-Bb
Ebmaj7 Cm7 Cm7/F Bbmaj7
I'm happy just to lay and look
Dm9: A-C-E-F
Em7 A6 Dm9
Let's throw out the book
G6/9: B-E-A
G6/9 G Gm7
Now we're off the hook
EE7
And please just be
Chorus 1:
FmAm7Gm9EE7
Nice to me won't you
FmaAm7Gm9A7 (Bbmaj9)
Be nice to me (nice to me)
Verse 2:
So tired, so sad
So sick of being had
By everyone who comes along
Would it be so wrong
If you played along
And please just be
Chorus 2/Bridge:
FAm77Gm9C
Nice to me
Bbmaj9Am7
And would it bring you down
Gm7Gm7/C
If I hang around and just
FmaAm7Gm9C
Be nice to me
BbAm7
It's been a long, long time
Gm7A7
Since I felt so fine
BbF/AGm7F
And I know your love is fine
BbF/AGG7CG/B
I know what's on your mind, but
Verse 3:
Don't laugh, don't cry
Don't make me wonder why
You're doing what you're doing now
Can't you see somehow
It's the wrong time now
So please just be
Coda:
FAm77Gm9C
Nice to me
BFGGm7/C
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Fmaj7Am7Gm9C
Be nice to me
BbF/AGm7Gm7/Cfade
It's been a long, long time since I felt so fine
-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers