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"YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO BE SO NICE" by The Lovin' Spoonful
From their 1966 album Daydream
Written by Steve Boone and John Sebastian
Transcribed by T-rev www.t-rev.net

Transposed from original key of E to G.

       G                    Bm
         You didn't have to be so nice
       C                       D
         I would have liked you anyway
       G                        Bm
         If you had just looked once or twice
       C                   D
         And gone upon your quiet way

  C       Cmaj7    C6       Cmaj7           G
    Today said the time was right for me to follow you
  C   Cmaj7    C6       CM7  G          D
    I knew I'd find you in a day or two and it's true

            G                 Bm
              You came upon a quiet day
            C                     D
              You simply seemed to take your place
            G                      Bm
              I knew that it would be that way
            C                  D
              The minute that I saw your face

                 G                      Bm
                   And when we've had a few more days
                 C                 D
                   I wonder if I'll get to say
                 G                    Bm
                   You didn't have to be so nice
                 C                       D
                   I would have liked you anyway

Transcribed 2023-04-10 by T-rev
More tab available at www.t-rev.net

320003 G
x24432 Bm
x32010 C
xx0232 D
x32000 CM7 (Cmaj7)
x322x0 C6
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