The Want Of A Nail Chords by Todd Rundgren

The Want Of A Nail Chords

by Todd Rundgren

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Key: Bb Intro: Gm7/C I've been wrong. F/G Gm/C F/G F/Bb I had plans so big F/G Gm7/C But the devil's in the details, F/G Gm7/C F/G F/Bb I left out one thing. G/A Abmaj9 No one to love me Abmaj9 (No one to love me) Abmaj9 No one to love me F Eb2 Cm7 Bb And no one to love F Eb2 Cm7 Bb
Chorus: F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a nail the world was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail the world was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail. F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail. Verse 1: F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a horse, the rider was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a rider, the message was lost Chorus: F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a nail the world was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail the world was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail. F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail. Verse 2: F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a rider, the message was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a message, the battle was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a battle, the war was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a war, the kingdom was lost Chorus: F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a nail (the world was lost) F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail Bridge: N.C. F/G Gm7/C I've been wrong F/G Gm7/C F/G F/Bb I had plans so big. F/G Gm7/C But the devil's in the details, F/G Gm7/C F/G F/Bb I left out one thing G/A Abmaj9 No one to love me. Abmaj9 (No one to love me) Abmaj9 No one to love me F Eb2 Cm7 Bb And no one to love F Eb2 Cm7 Bb Verse 3: F Eb2 Cm7 Bb What's all this talk about horses and war? F Eb2 Cm7 Bb Put yourself in the place of the man at the forge F Eb2 Cm7 Bb And day after day, you live a life without love, F Eb2 Cm7 Bb Until the morning you can't take it anymore and you don't get up. Verse 4: F Eb2 Cm7 Bb Multiply it a billion times, spread it all around the world F Eb2 Cm7 Bb Put the curse of loneliness on every boy and every girl F Eb2 Cm7 Bb Well until everybody's kicking, everybody's scratching, everything seems to fail F And it was all Chorus: F Eb2 Cm7 Bb For the want of a nail the world was lost F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail (the world was lost) F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail. F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail. F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail (the world was lost) F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail. F Eb2 Cm7 Bb The want of a nail.

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Published: August 22, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025