Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: Nothingman (Chords)
Album: Vitalogy
Transcribed by: Evan Cowan
Email: evan@giventowail.com


Intro:

F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)C (x32010@1)Dm (xx0231@1)Bb5 (x133xx@1)  (x2)

Verse:

F (133211@1)           DmC            Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb5Once (x133xx@1)divided,    nothing left to subtract
F (133211@1)                    DmC        Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb5Some (x133xx@1)words when spoken    can't be taken back
F (133211@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)   C (x32010@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)       Bb5Walks (x133xx@1)on his own   with thoughts he can't help thinking
F (133211@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)           C (x32010@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)     Bb5 (x133xx@1)     DmFuture's (xx0231@1)above,     but in the past he's slow and sinking
Bb5 (x133xx@1)                       C (x32010@1)           Bb5 (x133xx@1)            A5Bb5  CCaught (x32010@1)a bolt of lightning,    cursed the day he let it go


Chorus:

F (133211@1)         Bb5 (x133xx@1)CNothingman, (x32010@1)     nothingman 
F (133211@1)                  Bb5 (x133xx@1)  CIsn't (x32010@1)it something?  Nothingman


2nd Verse:

F (133211@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)       C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)   Bb5She (x133xx@1)once believed   in every story he had to tell
F (133211@1)                    Dm (xx0231@1)C (x32010@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)  Bb5One (x133xx@1)day she stiffened,     took the other side
F (133211@1)          Dm (xx0231@1)         C (x32010@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)          Bb5Empty (x133xx@1)stares    from each corner of a shared prison cell
F (133211@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)     C (x32010@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)     Bb5 (x133xx@1)  DmOne (xx0231@1)just escapes,    one's left inside the well
Bb5 (x133xx@1)              C (x32010@1)        Bb5 (x133xx@1)            A5Bb5        CAnd (x32010@1)he who forgets    will be destined to remember   oh  oh  oh


Chorus:

F (133211@1)         Bb5 (x133xx@1)CNothingman, (x32010@1)     nothingman 
F (133211@1)                  Bb5 (x133xx@1)  CIsn't (x32010@1)it something?  Nothingman


Bridge:

Dm (xx0231@1)            Bb5 (x133xx@1)               C (x32010@1) Oh, she don't want him (she don't want him)
              Bb5 (x133xx@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)          Bb5 (x133xx@1)  C (x32010@1)  DmOh, (xx0231@1)she won't feed him,    after he's flown away
    Bb5 (x133xx@1)                           A5Bb5
Oh, into the sun, yeah into the sun
                  CBurn, (x32010@1)burn, burn  burn


Chorus:

F (133211@1)         Bb5 (x133xx@1)CNothingman, (x32010@1)     nothingman 
F (133211@1)                  Bb5 (x133xx@1)  CIsn't (x32010@1)it something?  Nothingman
F (133211@1)         Bb5 (x133xx@1)CNothingman, (x32010@1)     nothingman 
F (133211@1)                    Bb5 (x133xx@1)  CCoulda (x32010@1)been something, nothingman


Outro:

F (133211@1) Bb5 (x133xx@1) F (133211@1) Bb5 (x133xx@1) F (133211@1) Bb5 (x133xx@1) F (133211@1)
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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--3---2---
--3---2---
--1---0---
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 Bb5  A5