Rice Is Nice

	  		Rice Is Nice:Lemon Pipers 
#41 in UK and #46 on BB Hot 100 
on BUDDAH Records in 1968  

Intro: Dm G C G 

#1  
Dm      C        E       A     Dm    
I wanna find somebody to care  I wanna  
C          E          Am 
catch some rice in my hair  
Dm     F          A           E   Dm 
I need love and I want you, I do  I wanna  
F        E           A   D A 
spend my life loving you  


D       Gbm   G                D 
Rice is nice, that's what they say  
Bm      Em    A             D 
Rice is nice, throw some my way  
D       Gbm         D    Bm       Em 
Rice is nice on any day  twice as nice when  
A       D 
violins play  



INTERLUDE: C Bb A  D Gb G  D F D  E A D  Dm 

            
#3  
Dm     Am      A      E    A    D       Am 
If I decide to walk beside you  can I depend  
        E            A 
on your love staying true? 
A              Dm    F   Am       E 
And when I get older and wrinkles appear  will  
        Am   F    E          A 
I still find some rice in my hair? 


D       Gbm   G                D 
Rice is nice, that's what they say  
Bm      Em    A             D 
Rice is nice, throw some my way  
D       Gbm         D    Bm       Em 
Rice is nice on any day  twice as nice when  
A       D 
violins play  



INTERLUDE: Bb A G  D Gbm G  D F Em  F Bb   


Chorus: 
Eb      Gm    Ab               Eb 
Rice is nice, that's what they say  
Cm      Fm    Bb            Eb 
Rice is nice, throw some my way  
Eb      Gm          Eb   Cm       Fm 
Rice is nice on any day  twice as nice when  
Bb      Eb 
violins play  

OUTRO: 
Eb      Gm    Ab               Eb 
Rice is nice, that's what they say  
Cm      Fm    Bb            Eb 
Rice is nice, throw some my way  
Eb      Gm          Eb    
Rice is nice on any day  (Fade ) 



A sixties smash from Kraziekhat