IntroFDmCDmBb (x2)
VerseFDmCDmBb
Once divided, nothing left to subtract
FDmCDmBb
Some words when spoken can't be taken back
FDmCDmBb
Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinking
FDmCDmBbDm
Future's above, but in the past he's slow and sinking
BbCBbABbC
Caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go
ChorusFBbC
Nothingman, nothingman
FBbC
Isn't it something? Nothingman
2nd Verse:
FDmCDmBb
She once believed in every story he had to tell
FDmCDmBb
One day she stiffened, took the other side
FDmCDmBb
Empty stares from each corner of a shared prison cell
FDmCDmBbDm
One just escapes, one's left inside the well
BbCBbABbC
And he who forgets will be destined to remember oh oh oh
ChorusFBbC
Nothingman, nothingman
FBbC
Isn't it something? Nothingman
BridgeDmBbC
Oh, she don't want him (she don't want him)
BbDmBbCDm
Oh, she won't feed him, after he's flown away
BbABb
Oh, into the sun, yeah into the sun
C
Burn, burn, burn burn
ChorusFBbC
Nothingman, nothingman
FBbC
Isn't it something? Nothingman
FBbC
Nothingman, nothingman
FBbC
Coulda been something, nothingman
OutroFBbFBbFBbF
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.