Nothing Rhymed  -  Gilbert O'Sullivan


6/8 |Cm      |G/B     |Cm/Bb     |Ab   Eb (x43121@3) |


     Cm (x3101x@1)                       G/B (143121@7)If I give up the seat I've been saving
        Cm/Bb           Ab (xx1114@1)To some elderly lady or man
     Bb (x1333x@1)         Bb7Am (x13131@1)I being a good boy
     Bb7 (x13131@1)          EbAm (x43121@3)I your pride and joy
       Fm7 (131141@1)                        Db (x43121@1) EbMother (x43121@3)please if your pleased say I am

       Cm (x3101x@1)                      G/BAnd (143121@7)if while in the course of my duty
  Cm/Bb                  AbI (xx1114@1)perform an unfortunate take
          Bb (x1333x@1)      Bb7 (x13131@1)   Bb7 (x13131@1)    EbWould (x43121@3)you punish me so, unbelievably so
      Fm7 (131141@1)                      Db (x43121@1)  EbNever (x43121@3)again will I make that mistake

     Bbm7 (x13121@1)    
This feeling inside me could never deny me
    Eb (x43121@3)                   AbThe (xx1114@1)right to be wrong if I choose
         Abm7                    EbAnd (x43121@3)this pleasure I get from say winning a bet
      F (133211@1)     Db (x43121@1)  EbIs (x43121@3)to lose

         Cm (x3101x@1)                  G/BWhen (143121@7)I'm drinking my Bonaparte Shandy
       Cm/Bb                  AbEating (xx1114@1)more than enough apple pies
       Bb (x1333x@1)         Bb7 (x13131@1)                     Eb (x43121@3)             Fm7Will (131141@1)I glance at my screen and see real human beings starve to death
                     Db (x43121@1)    EbRight (x43121@3)in front of my eyes

        Cm (x3101x@1)                      G/BNothing (143121@7)old, nothing new, nothing ventured
        Cm/Bb                 AbNothing (xx1114@1)gained, nothing still-born or lost,
        Bb (x1333x@1)         Bb7 (x13131@1)                     EbNothing (x43121@3)further than proof nothing wilder than youth
        Ab (xx1114@1)                     Bb (x1333x@1)     
Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine
        G (320003@1)                     CmNothing (x3101x@1)physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind
        Fm7Nothing (131141@1)I couldn't say
        Bsus4Nothing (x24452@1)why 'cos today
        EbNothing (x43121@3)rhymed

Interlude
|Cm        |G/B        |Cm/Bb       |Ab        |
|Bb    Bb7|Bb7 (x13131@1)   Eb (x43121@3)|Fm7         |Db    Eb (x43121@3)|Eb         |

     Bbm7 (x13121@1)    
This feeling inside me could never deny me
    Eb (x43121@3)                   AbThe (xx1114@1)right to be wrong if I choose
         Abm7                    EbAnd (x43121@3)this pleasure I get from say winning a bet
      F (133211@1)     Db (x43121@1)  EbIs (x43121@3)to lose


        Cm (x3101x@1)                      G/BNothing (143121@7)old, nothing new, nothing ventured
        Cm/Bb                 AbNothing (xx1114@1)gained, nothing still-born or lost,
        Bb (x1333x@1)         Bb7 (x13131@1)                     EbNothing (x43121@3)further than proof nothing wilder than youth
        Ab (xx1114@1)                     Bb (x1333x@1)     
Nothing older than time, nothing sweeter than wine
        G (320003@1)                     CmNothing (x3101x@1)physically, recklessly, hopelessly blind
        Fm7Nothing (131141@1)I couldn't say
        Bsus4Nothing (x24452@1)why 'cos today
        EbNothing (x43121@3)rhymed

|Eb    Eb/D   |Cm        |Cm    Cm/Bb   |
|Ab           |Bbsus4    |Eb            ||



Transcribed bij Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, Holland)
gerardkoot@hotmail.com