"You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" - Lovin' Spoonful


On lead guitar (just a simple riff – not the be all end all, but at least a start)

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Intro:
	A  C#m  F#m  C#m     A  C#m  F#m  C#m   E
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	A  C#m  F#m  C#m    E        B
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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    C#m      F#m      C#m             E
	Today I said the time was right for me to follow you
	A   C#m      F#m      C#m  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  C#m  F#m  C#m    E         B         [repeat to fade]
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