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I Have Nothing

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From the new Noah and the Whale CD.
Chords: (standard tuning)
E----------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------|
G---8------7-------8-------7------5------------|
D---8------8-------10------8------6------------|
A---6------5-------10------8------6------------|
E------------------8-------6------4------------|
         Eb  Eb/    D        Cm       Bb  Ab  
Intro(with the humming):
 Eb  Eb/ D   Cm   Bb   Abx2
I have Ebnothing
Eb/      D  Cm  
   I have no one
And I've Bbbeen so quickly set Abfree
I love Ebnothing
Eb/      D  Cm  
   I love no one
Are Bbwords you whisper in my Abmind
To someEbone I don't Abknow x2
To someEbone
(same as above)
So walk with me
on this new spring morning
I'll walk with you, till your fears are none
I'm a new baby weeping
at the flower you're keeping
That without love, it'll wilt and die
I need your life in my life x2
I need your life
So come back to me
my darling
I'd do anything to be at your side
I'd be anyone to be at your side
I need your life in my life x2
I need your life
Its pretty much the same rhythm for the whole song. Go out and buy the cd, and play 
with it!

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I Have Nothing

by Noah and the Whale

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

From the new Noah and the Whale CD.

Chords: (standard tuning)

E----------------------------------------------|

B----------------------------------------------|

G---8------7-------8-------7------5------------|

D---8------8-------10------8------6------------|

A---6------5-------10------8------6------------|

E------------------8-------6------4------------|

Eb Eb D Cm Bb Ab

Intro(with the humming):

Eb Eb D Cm Bb Ab

/ x2

I have nothing

Eb D Cm

I have no one

Bb Ab

And I've been so quickly set free

I love nothing

Eb D Cm

I love no one

Bb Ab

Are words you whisper in my mind

Eb Ab

To someone I don't know x2

To someone

(same as above)

So walk with me

on this new spring morning

I'll walk with you, till your fears are none

I'm a new baby weeping

at the flower you're keeping

That without love, it'll wilt and die

I need your life in my life x2

I need your life

So come back to me

my darling

I'd do anything to be at your side

I'd be anyone to be at your side

I need your life in my life x2

I need your life

Its pretty much the same rhythm for the whole song. Go out and buy the cd, and play

with it!

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