Mason Jennings – Nothing chords

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------                             Nothing - Mason Jennings-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Tabbed by: Trevor John LeakeE-mail: trevor.on.the.air (at) gmail.com

Tuning: Half-step down
D# G# C# F# A# D#

The song is played with normal chords except for two parts:

This part comes after the first chorus leading the G back into a C

Riff 1

|--3-3-1-1-0-0-------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-1-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|   V ^ V ^ V ^ V ^ V   <--These signify upstrokes (^) and downstrokes (V)

And this is played in the final verses

Riff 2

e|------0--------------1--------------0--------------1-----------|B|--------1--------------1------1-------1--------------1------1--|G|----0----------0---2-----0h2------0----------0---2-----0h2-----|D|----------0h2----3----------------------0h2----3---------------|A|--3-----------------------------3------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|


                 C                      E               F                      GMake yourself at home, 'cause I'm going out, Across the street to get us some water
                    C                   E                     F                   G'cause this water's brown, and I'm so embarrassed To have you here but I want you around
            C                    E             F                      GUsually I'd sing, or play you my guitar, But I know it won't get very far with you
                C                    E                    F                              G'cause you like music that makes you move, And mine has a groove, but it's nothing I can prove
                   F               C         F            C         F            C         FPlease know what I mean When I say-ay nothing, When I say-ay nothing, When I say-ay nothing,
         G When I say
 
Riff 1

              C                     E                   F                      GThings that I buy and things that I think, Haven't made this a better place to be
             C                     E                   F                      GDrugs that I try and drinks that I drink, Haven't made this a better place to be
                  C                          E                         F                      GIt's still just a room with the drums in the middle, A couch along the wall that works as my bed
               C                    E                 F                          GI still have a phone that rings all day, I still have things I wish I would of said
                   F               C         F            C         F            C         FPlease know what I mean When I say-ay nothing, When I say-ay nothing, When I say-ay nothing,
         G When I say

Riff 2

C                       F              C              F                         C    FThis whole thing's been hard on me, It breaks my heart, do you know what that means
C                   F                C              F                         C    FMy new place seems strange to me, It breaks my heart, do you know what that means
   Strum CIt means nothing

                 C                      E               F                      GMake yourself at home, 'cause I'm going out, Across the street to get us some water
                    C                   E                     F                   G'cause this water's brown, and I'm so embarrassed To have you here but I want you around
            C                    E             F                      GUsually I'd sing, or play you my guitar, But I know it won't get very far with you
                C                    E                    F                              G'cause you like music that makes you move, And mine has a groove, but it's nothing I can prove
                   F               C         F            C         F            C         FPlease know what I mean When I say-ay nothing, When I say-ay nothing, When I say-ay nothing,
         G When I say
 
Riff 2

C                       F              C              F                         C    FThis whole thing's been hard on me, It breaks my heart, do you know what that means
C                   F                C              F                         C    FMy new place seems strange to me, It breaks my heart, do you know what that means
   Strum CIt means nothing


- Trev