LOVIN SPOONFUL - "you didnt have to" Tablature

From: rogers@hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 00:14:08 -0500
Subject: ./l/lovin_spoonful/you_didnt_have_to_be_so_nice.crd


"You Didn't Have To Be So Nice"
(John Sebastian - Steve Boone)

Intro:

[drums: quarter-note triplets, 2X]

(variations on A chord implied by piano and chimes):

A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7 A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7 E
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7 E B
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Verse 1 (backing vocals only on repeat)

E G#m
You didn't have to be so nice
(be so nice)
A A/B
I would have liked you anyway
(would have liked you anyway)
E G#m
If you had just looked once or twice
(once or twice)
A A/B
And gone upon your quiet way
(quiet way)

Chorus:

A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7 E
Today I said the time was right for me to follow you
A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7 E
I knew I'd find you in a day or two
B
And it's true

Verse 2:

You came upon a quiet day
You simply seemed to take your place
I knew that it would be that way
The minute that I saw your face

[repeat chorus (instrumental)]

[drum fill: eighth-note triplets 1 bar]

Verse 3:

And when we've had a few more days
(when we've had a few more days)
I wonder if I'll get to say
(wonder if I'll get to say)
You didn't have to be so nice
(be so nice)
I would have liked you anyway
(would have liked...)

Chorus 2:

Today I said the time was right for me to follow you
(...today said that the time was right to follow you)
I knew I'd find you in a day or two
(I knew that I would find you in a day or two)
And it's true

[repeat verse 1, w/background vocals]

Coda:

A Amaj7 A6 Amaj7 E B [repeat to fade]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers