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.

Bb F/A Gm7 Gm7/C [all voiced with F on top]

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Verse 1:

Bbmaj9 Fmaj7 [Bbmaj9: D-F-A-C]

No catch, no strings [Fmaj7: E-F-A-C]

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

And please just be

Chorus 1:

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:

Nice to me

And would it bring you down

If I hang around and just

Be nice to me

It's been a long, long time

Since I felt so fine

And I know your love is fine

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:

Nice to me

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Be nice to me

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

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers