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---

-0---0---------------------



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    canŐt be taken back

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E               C#m      B        C#m          Asus2

walks on his own  with thoughts he canŐt help thinking

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E            C#m            B        C#m      Asus2

futreŐs above   but in the past heŐs 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            

isnŐt 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            

isnŐt it someing nothingman

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interlude

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C#m           Asus2   B

oh she donŐt want him

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B            Asus2  C#m            Asus2 B     C#m

oh she wonŐt feed   him after heŐs 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            

isnŐt 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