Verse:
C Am G Am F
Once divided, nothing left to subtract
C Am G Am F
Some words when spoken, can’t be taken back
C Am G Am F
Walks on his own, with thoughts he can’t help thinking
C Am G Am F Am
Future’s above, but in the past he’s slow and sinking
F G F E F G
Caught a bolt of lighting, cursed the day he let it go
Chorus:
C F G
Nothingman, nothingman
C F G
Isn’t it something, nothingman?
Verse:
C Am G Am F
She once believed, in every story he had to tell
C Am G Am F
One day she stiffened, took the other side
C Am G Am F
Empty stares, from each corner of a shared prison cell
C Am G Am F Am
One just escaped, one’s left inside the well
F G F E F G
And he who forgets, will be destined to remember
Chorus:
C F G
Nothingman, nothingman
C F G
Isn’t it something, nothingman
Bridge:
Am F G
Oh, she don’t want him (she don’t want him)
F Am
Oh, she won’t feed him
F G
After he’s flown away
F E
Oh, into the sun, yeah into the sun
F G
Burn, burn, burn, burn
Chorus:
C F G
Nothingman, nothingman
C F G
Isn’t it something, nothingman
C F G
Nothingman, nothingman
C F G
Coulda been something, nothingman.
Outro: C F C F C F C
