Nice To Be Here Chords

KeyEm Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays521

Nice To Be Here by Shane Nicholson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords Em, Fm, C, G, Am, Asus2 and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
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chord layout is relative to capo though chord names are transposed 
1. to save space and 2. as it's they're natural position - i.e. Em = Fm 
 
    Em    C   G   Am  Asus2  D 
E --0-----0---3---0-----0----2-- 
B --0-----1---3---1-----0----3-- 
G --0-----0---4---2-----2----2-- 
D --2-----2---5---2-----2----0-- 
A --2-----3---5---0-----0------- 
E --0---------3----------------- 
 
piano riff (relative to capo) over Em G and C 
     
E ----7------------- 
B --------10---8---- 
G --9---9----9---9-- 
 
Em                     G 
pack all the good wins safe on the shelf 
C 
stuck in an orbit around yourself 
Em                 G 
hand over hand and keeping the score 
     C 
it's just not music anymore 
Em                     G 
finding a mountain and beating it flat 
C 
we've got nothing if we don't have that 
  Am     (shane drops the odd Asus2 in here)   
i feel 
             Am  
it's nice to be 
             G     D 
it's nice to be here 
             Am 
it's nice to be 
             G     D 
it's nice to be here 
             Am 
it's nice to be 
 
Em                             G 
shut off the bright lights and come back to earth 
C 
you had a good time for all that it's worth 
Em                     G 
prize of the year just came into bloom 
  C 
a time-bomb ticking in a crowded room 
 
      Am        
and i feel 
             Am  
it's nice to be 
             G     D 
it's nice to be here 
             Am 
it's nice to be 
             G     D 
it's nice to be here 
             Am 
it's nice to be ... here 
 
C                                            G 
(find a mountain and we're beating it flat) 
                             so why don't we stay ? 
 
G 
(we've got nothing if we don't have that) 
 
              C                                                 G 
                (catch the victory that slips through the crack) 
cos out there everyone's                         got a price to pay 
 
G                                                    Am 
(we've got nothing if we don't have that) 
                                 and it could be our finest hour 
 
  here you can hear the riff shane is playing over the verses on it's own 
  simplified it's as below - you can add the interchanging E (2) on the  
  D string if you like :)  
 
G ----0---0----0---0----0---0----0---0-- 
D ------4--------4--------4--------4---- 
A --------------------3--------3-------- 
E --0--------3-------------------------- 
 
Em                 G 
you left a message on my breath 
C 
i'm so alive i'm scared to death 
Em                 G 
it might be raging war outside 
    C 
but i'm always ready for one more ride 
    Em         G                      C 
and you shot a spark from a catherine wheel 
 
         Am        
and i... feel 
             Am  
it's nice to be 
             G     D 
it's nice to be here 
             Am 
it's nice to be 
        G     D 
nice to be here 
             Am 
it's nice to be 
        G     D 
nice to be here 
             Am 
it's nice to be (find a mountain and we're beating it flat) 
        G     D 
nice to be here 
             Am 
it's nice to be (catch a victory it slips through the crack) 
        G     D      Am 
nice to be here... 
 
(end on Am) 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante