Chords for Todd Rundgren - The Want Of A Nail (Letterman 5-26-89)
Tempo:
113.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
Bm
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Thank you.
Todd Rundgren, this gentleman has been making popular and influential music since the late 1960s.
Right here is his first solo album in four years.
It's entitled Nearly Human.
And tonight he is being joined by guest vocalist Bobby Womack.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Todd Rundgren.
[Bm]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[A] [G#] No one to [G] love me
Love me
No one to love me
No [E] one to love
[B] [Bm]
[A] [E] [B] [Bm]
[E] But the one [Bm] I'm now
[E] I'm the one I'm now
[Bm]
[E] [B]
[A] [E] [A] [Bm]
[E] [A] [Bm] Shoot what [A] I'm lost
[E] I'm the one I [A] shoot
[Bm] My heart's [A] what's lost
[E] I'm the one of the heart
[Bm] The rider [A] was lost
[E] The [Bm] message [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [D] of a nail
On [A] [E] the wound of [Bm] a nail
A [A] [E] [A]
[E] [D] [Bm]
[A] [E] [D] [B] message [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [Bm] of a message
A matter [A] was lost
[E] On the wound of a [F#] battle
The war [A] was called
[E] The war of a war
[Bm] A kingdom [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [A] of a [B] nail
[A] [E] Why the wound [B] of a nail?
[A] [E] Such [B] a [A] tiny thing.
[E] Why the wound [A] of a [Bm] nail?
[F#] Little love and [E] [B] [F#] so [A]
[C#] many
[B] thousand tiny things.
[Bm] I [B] left out one [A] thing.
[G#m] No [G] one to love me.
No one to love [G] me.
You're [E] [B]
[A] [B] [Bm]
[A] [E] asking what's [B] all this talk [Bm] about?
Our [A] sins and love.
[E] Put yourself in the place of [B] a man [A] at the fun.
[E] Day after day, [Bm] you live a life [A] without love.
[E] [F#] You can't take it [B] anymore.
And [A] you don't get a fucking fly in [Bm] a million times.
Spread it all [A] around the world.
[E] With a curse of loneliness [Bm] on every boy and [A] every girl.
[E] Until everybody's [Bm] speaking and everybody's speaking
And
[A] [E] it was
[Bm] Why the wound of a [D] nail?
[Bm] Tell me where else [A] could the answer be?
[E] [Bm] [A]
[E] [D] [Bm] Don't hold back.
[E] [Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm] Don't hold back.
[A] Don't hold back.
[E] [Bm] Give in to [A] your love.
[Bm] Don't hold [A] back.
Don't hold back.
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm] Hey!
[A]
[E] [D] [Bm]
[E] What's up, Mom?
[B] What happened to you?
[Bm] [A]
[E] Little tiny bit, [F#m] little tiny bit, little tiny bit.
[B] Give in to your love.
[D] [F#]
[N] Thank you very much.
[E] I'll see you in [C#m] a few hours.
Well, [E] good luck.
[A] [F#m]
[B] [E] [B] [C#m]
[C#]
[F#] Okay.
[N] Nice.
That was great.
Now, what we heard just there, was that the same as what they were singing earlier?
This there was a Bobby Womack composition.
Yeah.
It's called Let Me Love.
Nice to see you.
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Thanks for being here.
Backup singers, Paul.
Backup singers.
We gotta get, we gotta get back.
Get him in here.
That's right.
Now I can tell.
I
Todd Rundgren, this gentleman has been making popular and influential music since the late 1960s.
Right here is his first solo album in four years.
It's entitled Nearly Human.
And tonight he is being joined by guest vocalist Bobby Womack.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Todd Rundgren.
[Bm]
[F#] [B] [F#]
[A] [G#] No one to [G] love me
Love me
No one to love me
No [E] one to love
[B] [Bm]
[A] [E] [B] [Bm]
[E] But the one [Bm] I'm now
[E] I'm the one I'm now
[Bm]
[E] [B]
[A] [E] [A] [Bm]
[E] [A] [Bm] Shoot what [A] I'm lost
[E] I'm the one I [A] shoot
[Bm] My heart's [A] what's lost
[E] I'm the one of the heart
[Bm] The rider [A] was lost
[E] The [Bm] message [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [D] of a nail
On [A] [E] the wound of [Bm] a nail
A [A] [E] [A]
[E] [D] [Bm]
[A] [E] [D] [B] message [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [Bm] of a message
A matter [A] was lost
[E] On the wound of a [F#] battle
The war [A] was called
[E] The war of a war
[Bm] A kingdom [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [A] of a [B] nail
[A] [E] Why the wound [B] of a nail?
[A] [E] Such [B] a [A] tiny thing.
[E] Why the wound [A] of a [Bm] nail?
[F#] Little love and [E] [B] [F#] so [A]
[C#] many
[B] thousand tiny things.
[Bm] I [B] left out one [A] thing.
[G#m] No [G] one to love me.
No one to love [G] me.
You're [E] [B]
[A] [B] [Bm]
[A] [E] asking what's [B] all this talk [Bm] about?
Our [A] sins and love.
[E] Put yourself in the place of [B] a man [A] at the fun.
[E] Day after day, [Bm] you live a life [A] without love.
[E] [F#] You can't take it [B] anymore.
And [A] you don't get a fucking fly in [Bm] a million times.
Spread it all [A] around the world.
[E] With a curse of loneliness [Bm] on every boy and [A] every girl.
[E] Until everybody's [Bm] speaking and everybody's speaking
And
[A] [E] it was
[Bm] Why the wound of a [D] nail?
[Bm] Tell me where else [A] could the answer be?
[E] [Bm] [A]
[E] [D] [Bm] Don't hold back.
[E] [Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm] Don't hold back.
[A] Don't hold back.
[E] [Bm] Give in to [A] your love.
[Bm] Don't hold [A] back.
Don't hold back.
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm] Hey!
[A]
[E] [D] [Bm]
[E] What's up, Mom?
[B] What happened to you?
[Bm] [A]
[E] Little tiny bit, [F#m] little tiny bit, little tiny bit.
[B] Give in to your love.
[D] [F#]
[N] Thank you very much.
[E] I'll see you in [C#m] a few hours.
Well, [E] good luck.
[A] [F#m]
[B] [E] [B] [C#m]
[C#]
[F#] Okay.
[N] Nice.
That was great.
Now, what we heard just there, was that the same as what they were singing earlier?
This there was a Bobby Womack composition.
Yeah.
It's called Let Me Love.
Nice to see you.
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Thanks for being here.
Backup singers, Paul.
Backup singers.
We gotta get, we gotta get back.
Get him in here.
That's right.
Now I can tell.
I
Key:
A
E
Bm
B
F#
A
E
Bm
Thank you. _ _ _ _ _
Todd Rundgren, this gentleman has been making popular and influential music since the late 1960s.
Right here is his first solo album in four years.
It's entitled Nearly Human.
And tonight he is being joined by guest vocalist Bobby Womack.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Todd Rundgren. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G#] No one to [G] _ love _ me
Love _ _ _ _ me _
No one to love _ _ me
No [E] one to love
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [E] But the one [Bm] I'm now _ _
_ [E] I'm the one I'm now
[Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] Shoot what [A] I'm lost
[E] I'm the one I [A] shoot
[Bm] My heart's [A] what's lost
[E] I'm the one of the heart
[Bm] The rider [A] was lost
[E] The _ _ _ [Bm] message [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [D] of a nail
On [A] _ _ [E] the wound of [Bm] a nail
A [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] message [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [Bm] of a message
A matter [A] was lost
[E] On the wound of a [F#] battle
The war [A] was called
[E] The war of a war
[Bm] A kingdom [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [A] of a [B] nail _
[A] _ [E] Why the wound [B] of a nail? _ _
[A] _ _ [E] Such [B] _ _ a [A] tiny thing.
[E] Why the wound [A] of a [Bm] nail? _
_ [F#] Little love _ and [E] _ _ [B] _ [F#] so _ [A] _
[C#] many
_ _ _ [B] thousand tiny things.
[Bm] I [B] left out one [A] thing.
[G#m] No [G] one to _ love me.
No one _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to love [G] me.
You're _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ [E] asking what's [B] all this talk [Bm] about?
Our [A] sins and love.
[E] Put yourself in the place of [B] a man [A] at the fun.
[E] Day after day, [Bm] you live a life [A] without love.
[E] _ [F#] You can't take it [B] anymore.
And [A] you don't get a fucking fly in [Bm] a million times.
Spread it all [A] around the world.
[E] With a curse of loneliness [Bm] on every boy and [A] every girl.
[E] Until everybody's [Bm] speaking and everybody's speaking
And _
[A] _ [E] it was
_ [Bm] _ _ Why the wound of a [D] nail?
[Bm] Tell me where else [A] could the answer be?
[E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [D] _ [Bm] Don't hold back. _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] Don't hold back.
[A] Don't hold back.
[E] _ _ [Bm] Give in to [A] your love.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ Don't hold [A] back.
Don't hold back.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ Hey!
[A] _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[E] What's up, Mom?
[B] What happened to you?
[Bm] _ _ [A] _
[E] Little tiny bit, [F#m] little tiny bit, little tiny bit.
[B] Give in to your love. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ Thank you very much.
[E] I'll see you in [C#m] a few hours.
Well, [E] good luck.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ Okay.
[N] Nice.
That was great.
Now, what we heard just there, was that the same as what they were singing earlier?
This there was a Bobby Womack composition.
Yeah.
It's called Let Me Love.
Nice to see you.
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Thanks for being here.
_ _ _ _ Backup singers, Paul.
Backup singers.
We gotta get, we gotta get back.
Get him in here.
That's right.
Now I can tell.
I
Todd Rundgren, this gentleman has been making popular and influential music since the late 1960s.
Right here is his first solo album in four years.
It's entitled Nearly Human.
And tonight he is being joined by guest vocalist Bobby Womack.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Todd Rundgren. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [G#] No one to [G] _ love _ me
Love _ _ _ _ me _
No one to love _ _ me
No [E] one to love
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [E] But the one [Bm] I'm now _ _
_ [E] I'm the one I'm now
[Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] Shoot what [A] I'm lost
[E] I'm the one I [A] shoot
[Bm] My heart's [A] what's lost
[E] I'm the one of the heart
[Bm] The rider [A] was lost
[E] The _ _ _ [Bm] message [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [D] of a nail
On [A] _ _ [E] the wound of [Bm] a nail
A [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] message [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [Bm] of a message
A matter [A] was lost
[E] On the wound of a [F#] battle
The war [A] was called
[E] The war of a war
[Bm] A kingdom [A] was lost
[E] On the wound [A] of a [B] nail _
[A] _ [E] Why the wound [B] of a nail? _ _
[A] _ _ [E] Such [B] _ _ a [A] tiny thing.
[E] Why the wound [A] of a [Bm] nail? _
_ [F#] Little love _ and [E] _ _ [B] _ [F#] so _ [A] _
[C#] many
_ _ _ [B] thousand tiny things.
[Bm] I [B] left out one [A] thing.
[G#m] No [G] one to _ love me.
No one _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to love [G] me.
You're _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ [E] asking what's [B] all this talk [Bm] about?
Our [A] sins and love.
[E] Put yourself in the place of [B] a man [A] at the fun.
[E] Day after day, [Bm] you live a life [A] without love.
[E] _ [F#] You can't take it [B] anymore.
And [A] you don't get a fucking fly in [Bm] a million times.
Spread it all [A] around the world.
[E] With a curse of loneliness [Bm] on every boy and [A] every girl.
[E] Until everybody's [Bm] speaking and everybody's speaking
And _
[A] _ [E] it was
_ [Bm] _ _ Why the wound of a [D] nail?
[Bm] Tell me where else [A] could the answer be?
[E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [D] _ [Bm] Don't hold back. _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [Bm] Don't hold back.
[A] Don't hold back.
[E] _ _ [Bm] Give in to [A] your love.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ Don't hold [A] back.
Don't hold back.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ Hey!
[A] _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[E] What's up, Mom?
[B] What happened to you?
[Bm] _ _ [A] _
[E] Little tiny bit, [F#m] little tiny bit, little tiny bit.
[B] Give in to your love. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ Thank you very much.
[E] I'll see you in [C#m] a few hours.
Well, [E] good luck.
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#m] _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ Okay.
[N] Nice.
That was great.
Now, what we heard just there, was that the same as what they were singing earlier?
This there was a Bobby Womack composition.
Yeah.
It's called Let Me Love.
Nice to see you.
Welcome, welcome, welcome.
Thanks for being here.
_ _ _ _ Backup singers, Paul.
Backup singers.
We gotta get, we gotta get back.
Get him in here.
That's right.
Now I can tell.
I