Ballad Of Big Nothing

[Intro]



        C        Am            C        Am

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   Fm                  G

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[Verse 1]

G

Throwing candy out to the crowd

C                 D

Dragging down the main

    G

The helpless little thing with the dirty mouth

      C                       F

Who's always got something to say

G

You're sitting at home now

C                           D

Waiting for your brother to call

Dm        G

I saw him down at the alley

Fm                      G

Having had enough of it all





[Chorus]

             C                    Am                   Fm Dm Fm G

Said you can do what you want to whenever you want to

         C                           Am                 Fm Dm Fm G

You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you





[Verse 2]

G                                 C

All spit and spite, you're up all night

               D

And down every day

G

A tired man with only hours to go

     C                   F

Just waiting to be taken away

G

Getting into the back of a car

    C               D

For candy from some stranger

Dm             G                  Fm

watching the parade with pinpoint eyes

          G

Full of smoldering anger





[Chorus]



        C                    Am                   Fm Dm Fm G

You can do what you want to whenever you want to

        C                    Am                   Fm Dm Fm G

You can do what you want to, there's no one to stop you

            C                     Am

Now you can do what you want to whenever you want to

C                      Am

Do what you want to whenever you want to

G                     E

Do what you want to whenever you want to

Am                        D

Though it doesn't mean a thing

F          Fm

Big nothing





[Ending]

(Repeat the intro and finish with a C chord)