Chord/Tab song: Nothingman

Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: Nothingman (Chords)
Album: Vitalogy
Transcribed by: Evan Cowan
Email: [email protected]

Intro:

F Dm C Dm Bb5 (x2)

Verse:

[F]Once divided, [Dm] [C]nothing left [Dm]to sub[Bb5]tract
[F]Some words when spoken [Dm] [C]can't be [Dm]taken [Bb5]back
[F]Walks on his own [Dm] with [C]thoughts he [Dm]can't help [Bb5]thinking
[F]Future's above, [Dm] but in the [C]past he's [Dm]slow and [Bb5]sinking[Dm]
[Bb5]Caught a bolt of lightning, [C] cursed the [Bb5]day he let it go[A5][Bb5][C]

Chorus:

[F]Nothingman, [Bb5] [C]nothingman
[F]Isn't it something? [Bb5]Nothing[C]man

2nd Verse:

[F]She once believed [Dm] in every [C]story he [Dm]had to [Bb5]tell
[F]One day she stiffened, [Dm] [C]took the [Dm]other [Bb5]side
[F]Empty stares [Dm] from each [C]corner of a [Dm]shared prison [Bb5]cell
[F]One just escapes, [Dm] one's [C]left in[Dm]side the [Bb5]well[Dm]
[Bb5]And he who forgets [C] will be [Bb5]destined to remem[A5]ber[Bb5] oh oh [C]oh

Chorus:

[F]Nothingman, [Bb5] [C]nothingman
[F]Isn't it something? [Bb5]Nothing[C]man

Bridge:

[Dm] Oh, she don't [Bb5]want him (she don't [C]want him)
Oh, she won't [Bb5]feed him, [Dm] after he's [Bb5]flown a[C]way[Dm]
Oh, [Bb5]into the sun, yeah into the sun[A5][Bb5]
Burn, burn, burn [C]burn

Chorus:

[F]Nothingman, [Bb5] [C]nothingman
[F]Isn't it something? [Bb5]Nothing[C]man
[F]Nothingman, [Bb5] [C]nothingman
[F]Coulda been something, [Bb5]nothing[C]man

Outro:

[F] [Bb5] [F] [Bb5] [F] [Bb5] [F]

And if you didn't know, Bb5 and A5 are just another way of saying
Bb and A power chords, like so:



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[Bb5] [A5]