Rice Is Nice
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Rice Is Nice:Lemon Pipers
#41 in UK and #46 on BB Hot 100
on BUDDAH Records in 1968
Intro: Dm G C G
#1
Dm C E A Dm
I wanna find somebody to care I wanna
C E Am
catch some rice in my hair
Dm F A E Dm
I need love and I want you, I do I wanna
F E A D A
spend my life loving you
[Refrão]D Gbm G D
Rice is nice, that's what they say
Bm Em A D
Rice is nice, throw some my way
D Gbm D Bm Em
Rice is nice on any day twice as nice when
A D
violins play
INTERLUDE: C Bb A D Gb G D F D E A D Dm
#3
Dm Am A E A D Am
If I decide to walk beside you can I depend
E A
on your love staying true?
A Dm F Am E
And when I get older and wrinkles appear will
Am F E A
I still find some rice in my hair?
[Refrão]D Gbm G D
Rice is nice, that's what they say
Bm Em A D
Rice is nice, throw some my way
D Gbm D Bm Em
Rice is nice on any day twice as nice when
A D
violins play
INTERLUDE: Bb A G D Gbm G D F Em F Bb
Chorus:
Eb Gm Ab Eb
Rice is nice, that's what they say
Cm Fm Bb Eb
Rice is nice, throw some my way
Eb Gm Eb Cm Fm
Rice is nice on any day twice as nice when
Bb Eb
violins play
OUTRO:
Eb Gm Ab Eb
Rice is nice, that's what they say
Cm Fm Bb Eb
Rice is nice, throw some my way
Eb Gm Eb
Rice is nice on any day (Fade )
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat
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