It Isnt Nice Chords
It Isnt Nice by Malvina Reynolds is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am, F, Em and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
G C G Am F G C C
e|----------------|8-------7-------|5---------------|1-------3-------|8---------------|8-------
B|------------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------
G|--------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------
D|----0-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------
E|----------------|8-------7-------|5---------------|1-------3-------|--------8-------|--------
It isn't nice...
Verse
C
It isn't nice to block the doorway
G
It isn't nice to go to jail
C
There are nicer ways to do it
G
But the nice ways always fail
C Em Am
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
Dm G
You told us once, you told us twice
C F C
But if that is Freedom's price
G C F C
We don't mind
Verse
G C
It isn't nice to carry banners
G
Or to sit in on the floor
C
Or to shout our cry of Freedom
G
At the hotel and the store
C Em Am
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
Dm G
You told us once, you told us twice
C F C
But if that is Freedom's price
G C F C
We don't mind
Verse
G C
We have tried negotiations
G
And the three-man picket line
C
Mr. Charlie didn't see us
G
And he might as well be blind
C Em Am
Now our new ways aren't nice
Dm G
When we deal with men of ice
C F C
But if that is Freedom's price
G C F C
We don't mind
Verse
G C
How about those years of lynchings
G
And the shot in Evers' back?
C
Did you say it wasn't proper
G
Did you stand upon the track?
C Em Am
You were quiet just like mice
Dm G
Now you say we aren't nice
C F C
And if that is Freedom's price
G C F C
We don't mind
Verse
G C
It isn't nice to block the doorway
G
It isn't nice to go to jail
C
There are nicer ways to do it
G
But the nice ways always fail
C Em Am
It isn't nice, it isn't nice
Dm G
But thanks for your advice
C F C
Cause if that is Freedom's price
G C F C
We don't mind, we don't mind