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Nice Guy:Everly Brothers.
Album - Nice Guys - on WARNER
Records in 1962.
INTRO:  G   A   D   G   A   D   G   A  D  
CHORUS:
DEverybody calls me the nice guy, but all of 
Amy soft-hearted days are the DpastA.
DI'm never ever gonna Gbe a Dnice guy.
I've learned that Anice guys always finish Dlast.
#1.
AOnce I loved a girl more than Dwords can ever say.
I Afound her in the arms of my best Dfriend.
I Gdidn't fight for her, I just Dwatched him walk 
away.
EI never saw either one, Gagain-hain-Ahain.
CHORUS:
DEverybody calls me the nice guy, but all of 
Amy soft-hearted days are the DpastA.
DI'm never ever gonna Gbe a Dnice guy.
I've learned that Anice guys always finish Dlast.
INTERLUDE:  D   GA..D  GA..D  GA..D  G   D   G   D   G   D  G  
#2.
AEvery girl I loved took adDvantage of me.
AI had a heart as good as Dgold.
I was kind to Gthem, but they Dall rewarded me,
by Eleaving me standing in the Acold-Ghold-Ahold-Ghold.
CHORUS:
DEverybody calls me the nice guy, but all of 
Amy soft-hearted days are the DpastA.
DI'm never ever gonna Gbe a Dnice guy.
I've learned that Anice guys always finish Dlast.
OUTRO:
...D  GA....D       G      A      D     G     A   D   G   D   G   D   G  D  
............Nice guy......nice guy......
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Nice Guy:Everly Brothers.

Album - Nice Guys - on WARNER

Records in 1962.

G A D G A D G A D

INTRO:

CHORUS:

Everybody calls me the nice guy, but all of

A D A

my soft-hearted days are the past.

D G D

I'm never ever gonna be a nice guy.

A D

I've learned that nice guys always finish last.

#1.

A D

Once I loved a girl more than words can ever say.

A D

I found her in the arms of my best friend.

G D

I didn't fight for her, I just watched him walk

away.

E G A

I never saw either one, again-hain-hain.

CHORUS:

Everybody calls me the nice guy, but all of

A D A

my soft-hearted days are the past.

D G D

I'm never ever gonna be a nice guy.

A D

I've learned that nice guys always finish last.

D G G G G D G D G D G

INTERLUDE: A..D A..D A..D

#2.

A D

Every girl I loved took advantage of me.

A D

I had a heart as good as gold.

G D

I was kind to them, but they all rewarded me,

E A G A G

by leaving me standing in the cold-hold-hold-hold.

CHORUS:

Everybody calls me the nice guy, but all of

A D A

my soft-hearted days are the past.

D G D

I'm never ever gonna be a nice guy.

A D

I've learned that nice guys always finish last.

OUTRO:

G G A D G A D G D G D G D

...D A....D

............Nice guy......nice guy......

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

About Nice Guy Chords by The Everly Brothers

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