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                            "Be Nice To Me"
                            (Todd Rundgren)
the 7-1-3-5 voicing of the major-7th chords is a trademark Toddism.
Intro:
	   Bb      F/A    Gm7  			Gm7/C[all voiced with  Fon top]
	/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
Verse 1:
	   Bbmaj9  				Fmaj7[Bbmaj9: D-F-A-C]
	No catch, no strings			[Fmaj7: E-F-A-C]
	Bbmaj9None of the Fmaj7usual things
	            Ebmaj7   Cm7   Cm7/F  	Bbmaj7[Ebmaj7: D-Eb-G-Bb]
	I'm happy just to lay  and  look
	             Em7    A6  			Dm9[Dm9: A-C-E-F]
	Let's throw out the book
	           G6/9    G  			Gm7[G6/9: B-E-A]
	Now we're off the hook
	And please just EbeE7  
Chorus 1:
	      Fmaj7NAm7ice to Gm9me    wEon't yE7ou
	 Fmaj7      Am7     Gm9     A7(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:
	       Fmaj7  Am7Nice to Gm9meC  
	And would it Bbmaj9bring you Am7down
	If I Gm7hang aGm7/Cround   and just
	Fmaj7Be    Am7nice to Gm9meC  
	It's been a lBbong, long Am7time
	Since I Gm7felt so fA7ine
	And BbI F/Aknow your Gm7love is fFine
	 BbI F/Aknow what's Gon yG7our mCind, G/Bbut
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:
	       Fmaj7  Am7Nice to Gm9meC  
	Bb/  /  F/A/  /   Gm7/  /  Gm7/C/  /
        Fmaj7    Am7Be  Gm9nice tCo me
              Bb        F/A          Gm7     Gm7/C
	It's been a long, long time since I felt so fine   fade  

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Be Nice To Me

by Todd Rundgren

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F/A

Gm7

Gm7/C

Bbmaj9

Fmaj7

Ebmaj7

Cm7

Cm7/F

Bbmaj7

Em7

Dm9

G6/9

Am7

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"Be Nice To Me"

(Todd Rundgren)

the 7-1-3-5 voicing of the major-7th chords is a trademark Toddism.

Intro:

Bb F/A Gm7 Gm7/C F

[all voiced with on top]

/ / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

Bbmaj9 Fmaj7 Bbmaj9 D F A C

[: ---]

Fmaj7 E F A C

No catch, no strings [: ---]

Bbmaj9 Fmaj7

None of the usual things

Ebmaj7 Cm7 Cm7/F Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 D Eb G Bb

[: ---]

I'm happy just to lay and look

Em7 A6 Dm9 Dm9 A C E F

[: ---]

Let's throw out the book

G6/9 G Gm7 G6/9 B E A

[: --]

Now we're off the hook

E E7

And please just be

Chorus 1:

Fmaj7 Am7 Gm9 E E7

Nice to me won't you

Fmaj7 Am7 Gm9 A7 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:

Fmaj7 Am7 Gm9 C

Nice to me

Bbmaj9 Am7

And would it bring you down

Gm7 Gm7/C

If I hang around and just

Fmaj7 Am7 Gm9 C

Be nice to me

Bb Am7

It's been a long, long time

Gm7 A7

Since I felt so fine

Bb F/A Gm7 F

And I know your love is fine

Bb F/A G G7 C G/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:

Fmaj7 Am7 Gm9 C

Nice to me

Bb F/A Gm7 Gm7/C

/ / / / / / / /

Fmaj7 Am7 Gm9 C

Be nice to me

Bb F/A Gm7 Gm7/C

fade

It's been a long, long time since I felt so fine

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