Tablature you didnt have to be so nice - The Lovin Spoonful

          



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  Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:49:39 -0500

  From: Andrew Rogers <rogers@hi.com>

  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

   


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 You didnt have to be so nice, de The lovin spoonful 

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