RUNDGREN TODD - "Be Nice To Me" Tablature

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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:18 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>
Subject: ./r/rundgren_todd/be_nice_to_me.crd

"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.

Intro:

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

Verse 1:

Bbmaj9 Fmaj7 [Bbmaj9: D-F-A-C]
No catch, no strings [Fmaj7: E-F-A-C]
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
It's been a long, long time since I felt so fine [fade]


-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers