A couple years ago, I decided to go through the catalog of Nanci songs and transcribe all of the ones that hadn't been done yet (well, that I couldn't find readily online). I thought I could post these and hopefully those with better ears can help with corrections. (sorry, can't get the spacing done right on the message board). Also, thanks due to Adam Schneider for all of his wonderful work transcribing the songs he did which started me on this quest.

I've only included the songs that are having their first appearances on Nanci's albums.:



TELL ME HOW

A D A F#m D E A
A D A F#m D E A

A E
Tell me how to keep your love
F#m E
You know how I need your love
A D
Tell me how you keep your love
A E F#m D E
Within your heart from me

A E
Don't you know that I love you
F#m E
Let me show why I'm true blue
A D
When I know a love is true
A E A
Don't keep your love for me

F#m
If you would say to me today
A A A/G#
The time for love is now
F#m
Could I sway your love my way
Bm E
Then I say, "Tell me how"


A E
Tell me how to keep your love
F#m E
You know how I need your love
A D
Tell me how you keep your love
A E F#m
Within your heart from me

F#m A F#m D

A E
Tell me how to keep your love
F#m E
You know how I need your love
A D
Tell me how you keep the love
A E A
Within your heart from me

F#m
If you would say to me today
A A A/G#
The time for love is now
F#m
Could I sway your love my way
Bm E
Then I say, "Tell me how"

A E
Tell me how to keep your love
F#m E
You know how I need your love
A D
Tell me how you keep the love
A E A
Within your heart from me

A D A F#m D E A

A D
Tell me how you keep my love
A E F#m D E A
Within your heart from me

D A E F#m
D E A



1937 PRE-WAR KIMBALL
C D G
C D G

C G D G
Oh, it sat in this corner for many a year
C G D G
Through fireside parties, of tear and cheers
C G D G
The hands of James hooker flew over its keys
C G D G
And God know who else 'fore it came to me
C G
When I was alone I could be Julie Gold
C G D
It rang her "From A Distance" just like it was my own
C G
I'd pretend I've the voice of Beth Neilsen Chapman
G C G
I wrote "Late Night Grande (Hotel)"
D G
With just my right hand happenin'

C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh

C G
Now its keys rent the air in its new place to stand
C G D
a gift for the children who'll play right and left hand
C G
Just a 1937 Pre-war Kimball
C D G
Oh, the grace of that three-quarter grand
C D G
Oh, the grace of that three-quarter grand

C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh

C G D G
Oh, it's lonesome in this corner at five am
C G D G
I'd call Harlan Howard, only he'd understand
C G D G
All of those melodies that came to be
C G D G
Mornings in that corner...that piano and me
C G
I wish for a left hand like Glen D. Hardin
C G D
I could play Jimmy Webb or perhaps Randy Newman
C G
Ah, it's a blessing it never met Jerry Lee's feet
G C G
Just the hands of those children
D G
Is all this Kimball needs


C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh

G C Bm
I've let it go ... Let it go
Bm G D
That piano I bought from Al Jones long ago
C Bm
I've let it go, I've let it go
Em D G
I smiled as it rolled out the door
C G Em
The songs that we wrote, ah, note for note
C D G
That piano will always know

C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh

C G
Now its keys rent the air in its new place to stand
C G D
a gift for the children who'll play right and left hand
C G
Just a 1937 Pre-war Kimball
C D G
Oh, the grace of that three-quarter grand
C D G
Oh, the grace of that three-quarter grand
C D G
Oh, the grace of that three-quarter grand

C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh

C
And God bless the child
G
Who's got a song
C
Who's got a song
D G
Who's got a song

C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh
C D G
Oh oh oh oh



DROPS FROM THE FAUCET
Capo 4

C Em Bb
Am


C Em Bb
The drops from the faucet like a nervous heart
Am7 Dsus D Dm
Beat on my porcelain sink a rhythm avant-garde
C Em Bb
I page through the phone book, reach for my fountain pen
Am7 Dsus D Dm
Is he comin' in for the holidays to haunt me again?
C Em
I call up Grand Central, 'information please.
D F C A
Is that nickel line on time? Oh fine!"
F
It's a hair-do with a wave
G C
We both forgot and forgave last time

C F Em C


C Em
A peddler of pots and pans down on Union Square
Bb Am7 Dsus D Dm
Said City Hall wants us off the street there's no Christmas in the air
C Em Bb
Some high-brows were waiting carnation bright lapels
Am7 Dsus D Dm
Their big cars lined the curbs outside those grand hotels
C Em D
I passed a marquee, Third Avenue
Dm F C A F
"Ramona" with Loretta Young and I swung myself around
G C
And (headed) uptown to the train

C Em Bb
Am7 Dsus D Dm
C Em Bb
Am7 Dsus D Dm
C Em D
Dm F C A F
G C
C F Em C

C Em Bb
So this is New year's eve another year has passed
Am7 Dsus D Dm
We wait so patiently, (but) still they come and go so fast
C Em Bb
I stand on this platform, wait for that basket of light
Am7 Dsus D Dm
And the sound of the whistle screamin' out like some hot trumpet in the night
C Em D
And...as I'm waitin' I wonder why and where...
Em Eb C A F
And what went wrong nut this song don't tell no lies
G C
It was just a quick good-bye, yeah

C F Em C