Ethan Hawke - Im Nuthin chords

Ethan Hawke - Im Nuthin

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                SONG TITLE: I'm Nuthin'
              ARTIST/GROUP: Ethan Hawke
                     ALBUM: Reality Bites Soundtrack



CHORDS:
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       EADGBE            EADGBE            EADGBE
A     (x0222x)    Eb*   (xx1202)    Dsus2 (xx0230)
A*    (x0423x)    Esus4 (022200)    Em    (022000)
E     (022100)    F#m   (244222)    G     (320033)
D     (xx0232)    Bm    (x24432)    G*    (320030)
Asus2 (x02200)    Bsus2 (x24422)


This song was played in the movie Reality Bites and it was the actor
Ethan Hawke who sang it. I really like this song. But in the movie
he just plays VERSE 1 and then the CHORUS/OUTRO. The first chorus,
which was not played in the movie, has totally different chords
than the CHORUS/OUTRO. Enjoy!


When you're playing the A chord, most of the time
you should play it like this:

    A         A*          A          A*   A
E|--------------------------------------------|
B|--2-2---2---3--3--3-2-3-2--2---2---3--3-2---|
G|--2-2---2---2--2--2-2-2-2--2---2---2--2-2---|
D|--2-2---2---4--4--4-2-4-2--2---2---4--4-2---|
A|--0-0---0---0--0--0-0-0-0--0---0---0--0-0---|
E|--------------------------------------------|

It's played like that in all the verses and the intro.
The only comfortable way to play this is to use your
index finger to play the A chord, then when you play the
A* you can just hammer on the D and B strings with your
middle and ring finger. Like Keith Richards does.

When you see something like 'D (sus2)' it just means
play the D chord but throw in the Dsus2 a bit. A lot
of times he plays A and then throws in a Asus2 for
instance.

OK, then you should be ready to play the song.


INTRO: play like tab above
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A


VERSE 1: remember, play A chords like tab above
--------
A
Got a pothead mama, got a cokehead dad

I'm an ultramodern version of the American man
  E          Esus4                     E
I don't feel good, but don't feel bad
      D       E        A
Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'


VERSE 2: play like verse 1
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Ain't no republicrat, no demmican, they ain't nuthin' in between
I'm sick of people talkin' about American dreams
Cause that's all gone, ain't nothin' left for me
Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'


CHORUS:
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        F#m                  E                     Bm (sus2)
I ain't left, I ain't right, people say I'm wrong
  F#m                 E                  A (sus2)
Before I was born, oh that was all gone
F#m                          E                Eb*
Don't even make sense that I wrote this song, oh
      D       E        A play this A chord like in the verses
Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'

I'm nuthin'


BRIDGE:
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      G                              A (sus2)
Don't want no big TV, or no flashy garage
G                                   A (sus2)
 Never would cut it in no corporate job
Em                              G*                Dsus2
People see me coming, they say 'hey, look at that slob'
      D       E        A play this A chord like in the verses
Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'

I'm nuthin'


VERSE 3: play like verses 1 & 2
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Got a pothead mama, got a cokehead dad
I'm an ultramodern version of the American man
Don't feel good, but I don't feel bad
Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'


CHORUS/OUTRO:
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        D
I ain't left, I ain't right, people say I'm wrong
  A (sus2)
Before I was born, oh that was all gone
F#m                          E                Eb*
Don't even make sense that I wrote this song, oh
      D       E        A
Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'
A
I'm nuthin'
A
I'm nuthin'
A                    keep playing the A chord here like
I'm nuthin'           it was played in the verses
A
I'm nuthin'
A
That's me
A
I'm nuthin'

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