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              When Something Stands For Nothin
                     by the Headstones
                   arranged by Jeff Kerr
intro:  ( E5   D5  A) x4, pause...
EWhen soDmething stands for Anothin, Ea dDetached memoAry
EThis Done's about eAverythin you don't think about untEil you sleepD  A  
EThis Done's for nAothin, Eand thDis one's for fAun,
EThis Done's about rAock n' roll, and comic books and bEubble gumD  A  
  E5   D5  A...
Ooh ooh ooh...
Well each day offers somethin, but none of it'll last
Unless you, ya take the reigns, take em from the knight,
Push the pawn right through the pass.
And this one's for the silence, and the questions that it brings
And the smell of time and the reverence, and the possibilities
Ooh ooh ooh...
Ya double up the foreground, ya put it on a slide,
Inspect it with your perfect ways, until it burns your eyes
And this one's for nothin, and this one's for fun
And this one's about rock n' roll and comic books and bubble gum
Ooh ooh ooh...
     654321
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 E5- O799XX
 D5- X577XX

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When Something Stands

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When Something Stands For Nothin

by the Headstones

arranged by Jeff Kerr

E5 D5 A

intro: ( ) x4, pause...

E D A E D A

When something stands for nothin, a detached memory

E D A E D A

This one's about everythin you don't think about until you sleep

E D A E D A

This one's for nothin, and this one's for fun,

E D A E D A

This one's about rock n' roll, and comic books and bubble gum

E5 D5 A

...

Ooh ooh ooh...

Well each day offers somethin, but none of it'll last

Unless you, ya take the reigns, take em from the knight,

Push the pawn right through the pass.

And this one's for the silence, and the questions that it brings

And the smell of time and the reverence, and the possibilities

Ooh ooh ooh...

Ya double up the foreground, ya put it on a slide,

Inspect it with your perfect ways, until it burns your eyes

And this one's for nothin, and this one's for fun

And this one's about rock n' roll and comic books and bubble gum

Ooh ooh ooh...

654321

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- O799XX

- X577XX

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