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The Want Of A Nail Chords by Todd Rundgren

The Want Of A Nail 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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The Want Of A Nail Chords Info

The Want Of A Nail Chords by Todd Rundgren
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Difficulty: Intermediate 💪
Chords: Bb, Gm7/C, F/G, Gm/C, F/Bb, G/A, Abmaj9, F, Eb2, Cm7, C