Chords for Townes Van Zandt - Nothin' (1971)

_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey, mama, [Cm] when you leave, _ [C] don't leave a [Cm] thing behind.
[Ab] _ I don't [C] want [Cm] nothing, _ [F] _ _
[C] can't use nothing. _ _ _ _
_ _ Take care [Cm] into the hall.
[C] _ And if you see [Gm] my [Ab] friends, _ tell them [Cm] I'm fine.
_ [Gm] Not _ [C] using nothing.
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _
Almost burned [Cm] out my _ [C] eyes and threw my ears [Cm] down to the [Ab] floor. _
I didn't [Cm] see nothing.
_ _ [C] _
I didn't hear [Cm] nothing. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Stood there like a [Cm] block of stone, _ knowing all I had to [Ab] know
_ and nothing [Cm] more.
_ _ [Gm] And man, that's [Cm] nothing.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Cm] _ _ Because _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ brothers, [Cm] our troubles are [C] locked in [Gm] each other's [Ab] arms.
And you better [Cm] _ pray that [F] they never _ [C] find you.
_ _ _ _ _ Because your back ain't [Cm] strong enough [C] for burdens [Cm] double [Ab] fold. _
They'd crush you [Cm] down, _ _ _ [Gm]
down into [Cm] nothing. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] Being born is [Cm] going blind [C] and biting down a [Gm] thousand _ [Ab] times.
It echoes [Cm] _
strong _ [C] on pure [Cm] temptation, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
sorrow and [Cm] solitude.
_ [C] _
These are the precious [Ab] things _ and the only [Cm] _ words _ [Gm] that are _ [C] worth remembering. _ _ _ _
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