This is how Stone plays it live with a capo on the 5th fret
Intro
C Am G Am F (x2)
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
Future's above, but in the past he's slow and sinking
Am G F
Caught a bolt of lightning, cursed the day he let it go
Chorus:
C Am G
Nothingman, nothingman
C F G
Isn't it something? Nothingman
2nd Verse:
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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
One just escapes, one's left inside the well
F G F C G
And he who forgets will be destined to remember oh oh oh
Chorus:
C Am G
Nothingman, nothingman
C F G
Isn't it something? Nothingman
Bridge:
F Am G
Oh, she don't want him (she don't want him)
G F Am F G
Oh, she won't feed him, after he's flown away
F Am F
Oh, into the sun, yeah into the sun
F G
Burn, burn, burn burn
Chorus:
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
