NAZZ - "only one winner" Tablature

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:40 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./n/nazz/only_one_winner.crd

An outtake from _Nazz Nazz_, not released until _Nazz III_ two years later.
One of the first examples (cf. 'Old Time Lovemaking', also on _Nazz III_)
of Laura Nyro's influence on Todd Rundgren.


"Only One Winner"
(Todd Rundgren)

Intro:

Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 Em7
/ / / / / / / /

Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G7
/ / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

Em7/G Fmaj7/G Em7/G Fmaj7/G
There is only one winner (only one winner)
Em7/G Fmaj7/G
There is only one prize
Bb/D Am/C G7 Fmaj7/G Em7/G Fmaj7/G
Whoever gets your heart is the winner (only one winner)
D6 C
I'm at war with a man that I still haven't seen
Fmaj7/C Em7/B G7 Fmaj7/C Em7/B G7
It's a fight for life, if I lose you I'll die
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 [1: G7 2, 3: C]
Somebody's got to lose you and that's why

Verse 2:

There is only one winner
There is no second place
I only know I must be the winner
There is nothing to lose but the sight of your face
I can't stay around if I know you're not mine
Somebody's gonna be lost in your mind

Bridge 1:

Bbmaj9 C Bbmaj9 C
There's a line
Bbmaj9 C Bbmaj9 C
I don't want to have to follow behind
Abmaj9/Eb Bb/D Abmaj9/C Bb/D Em7/B A7/C#
And I just can't see myself not hugging you
Dm7 G7
Loving you

Verse 3:

There is only one winner
You're the one to decide
You've got to tell me who is the winner
Tell me who gets the broken heart, who gets the bride
Not a thing I can do - it depends upon you
But nobody wants to win more than I do

Bridge 2:

Bbmaj9 C Bbmaj9 C
I can't lie
Bbmaj9 C Bbmaj9 C
And I'll do anything to show you my side
Am7 D6 Am7 D6
I won't lie, no I won't lie
Am7 D6 Am7 D6
I'll do anything to bring you over to my side
Bb/C Ab/Bb
Take your time, take your time
Gbmaj7/Ab Ebmaj7 Bbmaj7
If you want all my
Am G F
Time is yours
Am G F
Time is yours
Am Gm7/C Fmaj7 Em7
Time is yours to

Coda:

Em7/G Fmaj7/G Em7/G Fmaj7/G
Make me the winner (make me the winner)
Em7/G Fmaj7/G Gm7 Am7/G Bbmaj7/G
Make me the winner, make me the winner

[repeat to fade:]

bass:

v v v v
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Gm7/D Am7/E Bbmaj7/D Gm7/D Am7/E Bbmaj7/D
(Make me the winner) Make me the winner


-- another ace 60's tab (OK, it wasn't released until '71) from Andrew Rogers

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