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"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   Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
				[Bbmaj9: D-F-A-C]
No catch, no strings			[Fmaj7: E-F-A-C]
Bbmaj9      Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 

None of the usual things
Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Piano Chord 
        Cm7Cm7 Piano Chord 
 Cm7/F Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Piano Chord 
	[Ebmaj7Ebmaj7 Piano Chord 
: D-Eb-G-Bb]
I'm happy just to lay  and  look
Em7Em7 Piano Chord 
 A6A6 Piano Chord 
  Dm9Dm9 Piano Chord 
			[Dm9Dm9 Piano Chord 
: A-C-E-F]
Let's throw out the book
G6/9G6/9 Piano Chord 
  GG Piano Chord 
  Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
			[G6/9G6/9 Piano Chord 
: B-E-A]
Now we're off the hook
EE Piano Chord 
   E7E7 Piano Chord 

And please just be

Chorus 1:

Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
  Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
   Gm9Gm9 Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
     E7E7 Piano Chord 

Nice to me    won't you
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
 Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
    Gm9Gm9 Piano Chord 
   A7A7 Piano Chord 
   (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:

Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
  Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
    Gm9Gm9 Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

Nice to me
Bbmaj9    Am7Am7 Piano Chord 

And would it bring you down
Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
   Gm7/CGm7/C Piano Chord 

If I hang around   and just
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
 Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
    Gm9Gm9 Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

Be    nice to me
BbBb Piano Chord 
        Am7Am7 Piano Chord 

It's been a long, long time
Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
      A7A7 Piano Chord 

Since I felt so fine

BbBb Piano Chord 
 F/AF/A Piano Chord 
       Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
      FF Piano Chord 

And I know your love is fine
BbBb Piano Chord 
 F/AF/A Piano Chord 
         GG Piano Chord 
   G7G7 Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 
    G/BG/B Piano Chord 

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:

Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
  Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
    Gm9Gm9 Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

Nice to me
BbBb Piano Chord 
   F/AF/A Piano Chord 
    Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
   Gm7/CGm7/C Piano Chord 

/  /  /  /   /  /  /  /
Fmaj7Fmaj7 Piano Chord 
  Am7Am7 Piano Chord 
   Gm9Gm9 Piano Chord 
   CC Piano Chord 

Be  nice to me
BbBb Piano Chord 
        F/AF/A Piano Chord 
          Gm7Gm7 Piano Chord 
     Gm7/CGm7/C Piano Chord 

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

-- another ace 70's tab from Andrew Rogers