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VERSE - Play with intro-chords
Once divided nothing left to subtract
Some words when spoken can't be taken back
Walks on his own with thoughts he can't help thinking
Future's above but in the past he's slow and sinking
PRE-CHORUS
Bb Dm
Bb Bb Bb C
Caught a bolt of lightning Cursed the
Bb Bb Bb Am Bb Bb Bb
day he let it go
CHORUS
F F F Bb C C C C
Nothingman nothingman
F F F Bb C C C
Isn't it something nothingman
VERSE
She once believed in every story he had to tell
One day she stiffened took the other side
Empty stares from each corner of a shared prison cell
One just escapes one is left inside the well
PRE-CHORUS
Bb Dm
Bb Bb Bb C
He who forgets
Bb Bb Bb Am Bb Bb Bb
will be destined to remember oh oh oh
CHORUS
BRIDGE - Sorry I forgot how the chords match up with the
words here.
C C Dm Dm Dm Bb
Oh She don't want him
C C C Bb
Oh She won't feed him
Dm Dm Dm Bb
after he's flow away into the sun
C C C Dm Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Am
Bb Bb Bb C
burn burn burn
CHORUS
CHORUS - With lyrics 'could have been something' instead
OUTRO
F F F Bb F F F Bb F F F Bb F
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Nothingman
by Pearl Jam
from the Vitalogy cd
transcribed by kevin gardner
code@wam.umd.edu
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This song is played with a capo on the first fret
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concequently this transcription sounds 1/2 step lower
than the c.d.
Here are the chords in the song
E C#m B Asus2 Ab A
-0---0---0----0----0---0---
-0---0---0----0----0---2---
-1---6---4----2----1---2---
-2---6---4----2----1---2---
-2---4---2----0---(0)--0---
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intro
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E C#m B C#m Asus2
E C#m B C#m Asus2
verse 1
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E C#m B C#m Asus2
once divided nothing left to subtract
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E C#m B C#m Asus2
some words when spoken canUt be taken back
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E C#m B C#m Asus2
walks on his own with thoughts he canUt help thinking
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E C#m B C#m Asus2
futreUs above but in the past heUs slow and sinking
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Asus2 C#m Asus2
caught a bolt of lightning
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Asus2 Ab Asus2 B
curesed the day he let it go mmmm
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Chorus 1
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E Asus2 B B
nothingman nothingman
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E Asus2 B
isnUt it someing nothingman
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Verse 2
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E C#m B C#m Asus2
she once belived in every story he had to tell
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E C#m B C#m Asus2
one day she stiffened took the other side
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E C#m B C#m Asus2
empty stares from each conner of a shared prision cell
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E C#m B C#m Asus2
one just escapes ones left inside the well
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Asus2 C#m Asus2
and he who forgets
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Asus2 Ab Asus2 B
will be destined to remember oh oh
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Chorus 2
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E Asus2 B B
nothingman nothingman
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E Asus2 B
isnUt it someing nothingman
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interlude
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C#m Asus2 B
oh she donUt want him
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B Asus2 C#m Asus2 B C#m
oh she wonUt feed him after heUs flown away
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Asus2
oh into the sun and into the sun
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B
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Chorus 3
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E Asus2 B B
nothingman nothingman
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E Asus2 B
isnUt it someing nothingman
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E Asus2 B B
nothingman nothingman
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E Asus2 B
could have been someing nothingman
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Outro
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E Asus2
E Asus2
E Asus2
E
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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R.I.P Dimebag D Professional |
#1 by R.I.P Dimebag Darrell at Oct 6, 2006 at 12:56 AM EST |
| this is defenitly the best song of pearl jams ! it made m cry the first time i heard it, because i cud relate to it. though i can work out the lyrics "Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell... One just escapes...one's left inside the well... " can anybody help me!!? | |
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KELSO Wanna Be |
#2 by KELSO Is a COOL kid at Oct 7, 2006 at 6:29 AM EST |
| it's about loss it's about never feeling complete again it's about always and forever chasing that perfect ghost it's about wasted love (tough i stole this line from saint elmo's fire) it's about me and it's about you it's the perfect song | |
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Guitar FrE@k Average |
#3 by Guitar FrE@k Freak at Dec 3, 2006 at 8:40 AM EST |
| This is a great song. Here's what I think the lyrics mean -Once divided...nothing left to subtract... once the relationship is over (the people are divided), there isn't anything left between the two to take away. -Some words when spoken...can't be taken back... Sometimes when you break up with a person, you can't just take that back no mater what -Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking... Some here say this relates to Kurt Cobain, and that very well may be. But to me it seems to fit into the premise of a break up quite well. More specifically the song is about a guy that broke up with a girl and then regrets it. Hence, he's on his own (all alone) with thoughts of regret that he can't help thinking. -Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking... Hindsight is 20/20. He saw himself bogged down in the relationship while he was in it...you know slow and sinking. -Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go... The girl is clearly the "bolt 'a lightnin" that he now is kicking himself for letting go. -Nothingman... (2x) -Isn't it something? -Nothingman... What he is, what the relationship was... -She once believed in every story he had to tell -One day she stiffened, took the other side Pretty self explanatory. Why did she stiffen? Did he lie to her or is it because he broke up with her? the rest of this verse makes it seem as though she "stiffened" before he broke up with her which seems to me that he lied to her or hurt her somehow before he broke up with her. At any rate, she doesn't take his side anymore. -Empty stares...from each corner of a shared prison cell... One just escapes...one's left inside the well... This lyric is what makes me think that the relationship was a burden and was pretty much over before he broke up with her. The prison cell is a metaphor for the relationship they were in. The well is a metaphor for the vast empty nothing left over after she escapes. He didn't have to use the prison cell and escapes refrence. They connotate the state of the relationship and the need to be free of it, and just how hard it is to get free of it. Probably the most important lyrics of the song. -And he who forgets...will be destined to remember...oh...oh...oh... He who forgets what? He who forgets the love he has for the other person will be destined not to be able to forget that love. -Oh, she don't want him... -Oh, she won't feed him...after he's flown away... She doesn't care about him at all now that he has broken up with her. -Oh, into the sun...ah, into the sun... A refrence to Icarus (the myth of the father and son that fashioned wings from feathers and wax. The son Icarus flew too close to the sun, the wax melted and he plummeted to his death). The guy wanted to escape from the relationship, and when he tried, he flew too close to the sun and got burned, and now he's paying the price. -Coulda' been something Could have...if only he wouldn't have... | |
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Fat Man Goz Lead Player |
#4 by Fat Man Goz at Mar 12, 2007 at 8:52 PM EST |
| This is a love song about a guy and a girl who tried to give it another chance, after the words that were spoken that couldnt be taken back. His friends ask him what is wrong and he answers "Nothin Man" | |
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Eric Average |
#5 by Eric Boozer at Mar 19, 2007 at 6:02 PM EST |
| this song explains how i hope some day the guy who just broke up with me feels in the future. he never gave me a chance when things could have been great because they were headed in that direction. i hope some day he feels what i went through and finally understands b/c this song would fit how he left me perfectly. | |
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Abe Lead Player |
#6 by Abe Watson at Apr 6, 2007 at 8:50 AM EST |
| THIS SONG IS ABOUT KURT COBAIN! Believe it or not, but I read it in a book. especially the lines "Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking... Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking... " ohhhhhhh it's so beautiful, if you understand it. He walks on his own= kurt was a loner, "outsider" with thoughts he can't help thinking= he's of course always thought a lot, especially about suicide (since he had been 14) his future's above= to me means, his future's is death, heaven (hmm) he knows it. but in the past he's slow and thinking= he never got over his childhood, when his parents divorced, that was hell for him, and it led to his depressed life............. i love this song.... | |
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Kevin Average |
#7 by Kevin Fournier at Jun 29, 2007 at 8:40 PM EST |
| this song really affected me when i first heard it...it felt as if eddie had reached into my mind and pulled words out to explain the way i was feeling, and why...pearl jam is amazing. | |
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December Underg Average |
#8 by December Underground at Oct 16, 2007 at 6:48 AM EST |
| I cannot begin to express how much this song represented how I felt when I was in the midst of divorce. Rarely a night passed when I wouldn't sit alone in the dark of my room with my guitar and sing and play along as if I was in some way a co-author of this hurting vision. Regardless of what Eddie's heart was feeling at the time, the lyrics he wrote were so applicable to my emptiness and my regret that nearly 10 years later I can't even write this comment without feeling the tears and lump in my throat. It was something, nothingman. | |
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