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Nice Try
By Blue Rodeo
Transcribed by Ryan Robson (thunderman99@hotmail.com)


This one is tuned slightly flat of standard tuning.  This tuning can also be used if you want
to play along with The Ballad of the Dime Store Greaser and the Blonde Mona Lisa.

Percussion intro for 1:30

Bass opening

Am riff ---5-  G, Am
        ---5-
        -4/5-
        -6/7-
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Verse 1:
Am riff
Oh well the best defense is the bright lights
Am
Underneath which you commit your dark crime
Am
Look I was there I watched it all go down
Am
And I still can't believe my eyes
     G              Am
Nice try... it's so wild
     G              Am
Nice try... it's so wild

Break:
Am, Am, G, Am

Verse 2:
Am
It's like a car burning on the side of the road
Am riff
Someone got torched for not doing what they're told
Am riff
It's like a paid vacation when they change your ame
Am
It's like yesterday's news is the same again and again and again and again and again
                                           G               Am
And again and again and again...again and again... it's so wild
           G               Am
Again and again... it's so wild

Break:
Am, G, Dsus2, Em, Am, G, Dsus2, Em, Am, Am

Verse 3:
Am riff
So when you ditch the dirt you might as well dish the worst
Am
Cause no one expects you to tell the truth
Am
And when they turn around you think that something must be wrong
Am                                          G               Am
Because no one could make up a story so far gone... it's so wild
       G               Am
So far gone... it's so wild

Verse 4:
Am
Fact or fiction all parties deny
Am riff
Any involvement at the scene of the crime
Am riff
They look you cold straight in the eye
        Am riff                                  G              Am
And say man... you've got the wrong guy but nice try... it's so wild
     G              Am
Nice try... it's so wild

Ending:
Am, G, Dsus2, Em, Am, G, Dsus2, Em, Em, Am, G, Dsus2, D/E, Esus7... end on Am


Am  Dsus2 D/E Esus7
-5-  -0-  -2- -10--
-5-  -3-  -3- --9--
-5-  -2-  -2- --9--
-7-  -0-  -2- --X--
-X-  -X-  -X- --X--
-X-  -X-  -X- --X--