Nothin Chords by Townes Van Zandt

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