[Intro]
C Am  G Am  F    (x2)
[Strophe]
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 (barred, 10th fret) 
Future's above,     but in the past he's slow and sinking 
F                            G            F               Am F  G 
Caught a bolt of lightning,    cursed the day he let it go
[Refrain]
C             Am   G 
Nothingman,      nothingman 
C                    F    G 
Isn't it something?  Nothingman
[Strophe]
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 (barred, 10th fret) 
One just escapes,    one's left inside the well 
F                   G         F               Am   F             G 
And he who forgets    will be destined to remember   oh  oh  oh  oh
[Refrain]
C               Am  G 
Nothingman,      nothingman 
C                    F    G 
Isn't it something?  Nothingman
[Pont]
Am             F       G 
Oh, she don't want him (she don't want him) 
                    F   Am             F      G 
Oh, she won't feed him,    after he's flown away 
  F              G      F              G F 
Oh, into the sun, yeah into the sun 
F                    G 
Burn, burn, burn  burn
[Refrain]
C              Am  G 
Nothingman,      nothingman 
C                   F    G 
Isn't it something?  Nothingman 
C               Am  G 
Nothingman,      nothingman 
C                     F    G 
Coulda been something, nothingman 
C       F     C 
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