IntroFDmCDmBb5 (x2)
VerseFDmCDmBb5
Once divided, nothing left to subtract
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Some words when spoken can't be taken back
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Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinking
FDmCDmBb5Dm
Future's above, but in the past he's slow and sinking
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Caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go
ChorusFBb5C
Nothingman, nothingman
FBb5C
Isn't it something? Nothingman
2nd Verse:
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She once believed in every story he had to tell
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One day she stiffened, took the other side
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Empty stares from each corner of a shared prison cell
FDmCDmBb5Dm
One just escapes, one's left inside the well
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And he who forgets will be destined to remember oh oh oh
ChorusFBb5C
Nothingman, nothingman
FBb5C
Isn't it something? Nothingman
BridgeDmBb5C
Oh, she don't want him (she don't want him)
Bb5DmBb5CDm
Oh, she won't feed him, after he's flown away
Bb5A5Bb5
Oh, into the sun, yeah into the sun
C
Burn, burn, burn burn
ChorusFBb5C
Nothingman, nothingman
FBb5C
Isn't it something? Nothingman
FBb5C
Nothingman, nothingman
FBb5C
Coulda been something, nothingman
OutroFBb5FBb5FBb5F
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.