Nothing
The Cat Empire

transcribed by Damian Smith

The chords below are for ukulele (tuning GCEA). If you decide to play
them on guitar, use relatively high voicings for the same effect.

VERSE
  C               Dm              Ab7     G7      F7      Eb  E 
|-7---------------5---------------6-------5-----4-3-------1---2---|
|-8---------------5---------------4-------3-----2-1-------3---4---|
|-7---------------5---------------6-------5-----4-3-------3---4---|
|-9---------------7---------------5-------4-----3-2-------3---4---|

PRE-CHORUS
  Am      Ab7     G7      E       Am      Ab7     G7      F   G
|-7x------6x------5-------7-------7x------6x------5-------3---5---|
|-5x------4x------3-------4-------5x------4x------3-------5---7---|
|-4x------6x------5-------4-------4x------6x------5-------5---7---|
|-5x------5x------4-------4-------5x------5x------4-------5---7---|

CHORUS
  C               Dm              Ab7     G7
|-3---------------5---------------6-------5-------|
|-3---------------5---------------4-------3-------|
|-4---------------5---------------6-------5-------|
|-5---------------7---------------5-------4-------|



VERSE 1
C             C
Yesterday the sky looked sweet
Dm                       Dm
   when we dropped a big bomb at our feet
    Ab7              G7
and sometime soon we all might zoom
   F7                       Eb     E
to space and continue with another zoo

VERSE 2
C                 C
Work and pace for paper face
Dm                     Dm
   spend it wisely and keep it safe
            Ab7             G7
because the human race is a non-stop race
     F7                  Eb      E
with too many trials but no real case

PRE-CHORUS
Am                           Ab7
Something about this second, something about this hour
G7                           E
take away the money then the time becomes the power
  Am                         Ab7
a moment just to swim and to shower and to sing
       G7                         F            G
and to brighten and to dim and to sleep and to wander in

CHORUS
C       C        Dm      Dm
Nothing oh sweet nothing
Ab7                  G7
   today we're doing nothing at all
C       C        Dm         Dm
  La la la la la,   whoa oh oh oh ah
Ab7   G7
Ai ai ai-ai-ai-ai

VERSE 3
C           C
Yesterday I climbed a hill
     Dm                     Dm
then cycle down speedy on a great big wheel
Ab7          G7
feeling ill, laboured still
F7                             Eb    E
grinding and stressing in that giant mill

VERSE 4
C           C
Drove a car stop and start
Dm                               Dm
round and round in circles never got too far
Ab7                     G7
running barefoot on the hot hot tar
              F7            
‘cause if you stop then you burn
          Eb       E
then your feet get scars

PRE-CHORUS
Am                             Ab7
Something about this instance, something about this minute
G7                                E
striving for the future but don't realise that we're in it
  Am                       Ab7
A moment just to float, to ponder and to dote
   G7                     F             G
to dry and to soak and to take a little toke of that

CHORUS
C       C        Dm      Dm
Nothing oh sweet nothing
Ab7                  G7
   today we're doing nothing at all
C       C        Dm         Dm
  La la la la la,   whoa oh oh oh ah
Ab7   G7
Ai ai ai-ai-ai-ai

TRUMPET SOLO over verse and pre-chorus

Repeat CHORUS

END RIFF
                          C
|-3-6-7-5-3-----3---------3-|
|-----------5-3---5-3-5---3-|
|-------------------------4-|
|-------------------------5-|

Lyrics (c) F Riebl & The Cat Empire