Song:  I'm Nothing
Artist:  Violent Femmes
Album: New Times

Transcribed by Wesley Torres <wtorres@bucknell.edu>

Intro:
F#

Verse 1:

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I-M-N-O-T-H-I-N
I-M-N-O-T-H-I-N
    B
I'm nothing'
    F#
I'm nothin'
I-M-N-O-T-H-I-N
I-M-N-O-T-H-I-N
    B
I'm nothing'
    F#
I'm nothin'
Are you a republican or a democrat
A liberal fascist full of crap
B
  I'm nothin'
F#
  I'm nothin'
C#
Somebody somewhere might be something
But everybody everywhere
Knows that I'm nothin

Verse 2:
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Politics and dirty tricks
I got no time for stones and sticks
Politics and dirty tricks
I got no time I'm chasing chicks
B
  I'm nothin'
F#
  I'm nothin'
C#
Somebody somewhere might be something
But everybody everywhere 
                       F#
Knows that I'm nothing

Bridge:
B                       F#
I'm nothing but I'm not proud
C#                   B        F#
'Cause being nothing it's not allowed

Verse 3:
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Are you a gay or are you straight
Do you believe in love
Or do you believe in hate
B
  I'm nothin'
F#
  I'm nothin'
C#
Somebody somewhere said he was something
But to everybody everywhere
                       F#
I'm saying I'm nothing

Bridge:
B                        F#
I'm nothing.  I'm like a cloud
    C#        B           F#
I'm free to be alone in a crowd
B                    F#
What's your reality. It's not real to me
B
What's your anomaly. It is my destiny

Outro:
F#
I-M-N-O-T-H-I-N
I-M-N-O-T-H-I-N
I'm nothin'
Nothin'
Nothin'
B                                   F#
I'm nothing now and I'll be nothing when
                  C# B                 F#
This nothing world    has it's nothing end