The Offspring
Nothingtown
Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace
2008
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E –    022100
B –    x24442
C#m –  x46654
A –    x02220
B/Eb – x698xx
G# –   466544


Intro: E–B/Eb–C#m–B–A–B–E––E––


Verse 1:
E
  Let's make 
this complicated
C#m
   Thinking is overrated
A
  We're busting out
        B
Of this shitty
little town and
E
  Green grass and
colored lenses
C#m
   Tear down these
picket fences
A
  Burn in our beds
          B
While the city
lies sleeping


Chorus 1:
A      B
Why oh why?
        E
Are we starting
B/Eb   C#m
up and going
B         A     B
down? and My oh my
         E
Just the two of
B/Eb   C#m    B
us  in Nothingtown
    A         B
Our superhero play
      G#
We'll leave this town
  C#m B       A
today Hold on tighter
        B
With my lighter
        E      C#m E B
Shining through


Verse 2:
E
  These city streets
are burning
C#m
   Rose red your 
wheels are turning
A
  Make me believe
        B
Someday we could
really leave it
E
  Blindfold A
new direction
C#m
   Stop asking
better questions
A
  Don't figure out
           B
That we're never
getting out and


Chorus 2:
A      B
Why oh why?
        E
Are we starting
B/Eb   C#m
up and going
B         A     B
down? and My oh my
         E
Just the two of
B/Eb   C#m    B
us  in Nothingtown
    A         B
Our superhero play
      G#
We'll leave this
       C#m B
town today And I'll
A
row it if you
 B            A
steer it I'll yell
          B
until you hear it
        A
Hold on tighter
        B
With my lighter
        E      C#m E B
Shining through


Guitar/Bass Solo: 
E––C#m––A––B–– x2


Interlude: E––C#m––A––B––


Chorus 3:
A      B
Why oh why?
        E
Are we starting
B/Eb   C#m
up and going
B         A     B
down? and My oh my
         E
Just the two of
B/Eb   C#m    B
us  in Nothingtown
    A         B
Our superhero play
      G#
We'll leave this
       C#m B
town today And I'll
A
row it if you
 B            A
steer it I'll yell
          B
until you hear it
        A
Hold on tighter
        B
With my lighter
        E      B/Eb C#m
Shining through
A B E
     Still stuck
   E      B/Eb C#m B
in Nothingtown
A B E
     Still stuck
   E      B/Eb C#m B
in Nothingtown
A B E              E B/Eb C#m B A B E(hold)
     Come on let's go