Nice to be here    (video)

 

    instrumental intro = verse 1 (2x)

 

      C        G             C               Am   C     G        Am  - G

    Nice to be here, hope you agree, lying in the sun,

     C          G           E                 Am             D                      G

    lovely weather, must climb a tree, the show has just begun.

 

                 C                                                               G 

1. All the leaves start swaying to the breeze that’s playing

                C          D7G

    on a thousand violins,

                    Dm        G                   Dm           G

    and the bees are humming to a frog sat strumming

            Dm            G              C

    to a guitar with only one string.                +   G - C - G - C

 

C         G               C                  Am C        G       Am - G

 I can see them, they can’t see me, I feel out of sight,

C          G               E                 Am    D                    G     

 I can see them, they can’t see me, much to my delight.

 

                C                                                          G

2. And it seems worth noting, water rats were boating,

             C         D7      G

    as a lark began to sing,

            Dm               G                           Dm                 G

    the sounds kept coming, with Jack Rabbit loudly drumming

                Dm         G        C

    on the side of a biscuit tin.

 

+   G - C - G - C         +  instrumental = verse 2

 

C         G               C                  Am C       G        Am   - G

 I can see them, they can’t see me, I feel out of sight,

C          G               E            Am          D                  G

 I can see them, they can’t see me, much to my delight.

 

                 C                                                                 G

3. Silver minnows were devising water ballet, so surprising,

            C                     D7   G

    a mouse played a daffodil,

         Dm                  G                     Dm                          G

    a mole came up blinking, underneath an owl who’s thinking,

                  Dm              G           C

    how he came to be sat on a hill.              +  G - C - G - C

 

C         G               C                  Am C        G       Am - G

 I can see them, they can’t see me, I feel out of sight,

C          G               E                  Am    D                  G

 I can see them, they can’t see me, much to my delight.

 

          C                                                                        G

4. I know you won’t believe me, but I’m certain that I did see

           C                    D7  G

    a mouse playing daffodil,

                Dm                    G                            Dm                     G

    all the band was really jumping, with Jack Rabbit in there thumping,

       Dm               G               C

    I found that I couldn’t sit still.

 

               C                                                                                        G

5. I just had to make it with them, ‘cause they played my kind of rhythm,

                     C                       D7    G

    and the bees hummed in harmony,   

                  Dm                  G                      Dm              G

    and the owl played his oboe, then the frog’s guitar solo,

               Dm               G          C

     it was all just too much for me.

 

          C                                                                        G

6. I know you won’t believe me, but I’m certain that I did see

           C                    D7   G

    a mouse playing daffodil,

                Dm                    G                            Dm                      G

    all the band was really jumping, with Jack Rabbit in there thumping,

       Dm               G               C

    I found that I couldn’t sit still ....

 

    (The Moody Blues)