The Bangles – I Got Nothing (Bass Tab)

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Standard tune; 4/4; Key C Note: Lyrics were downloaded from a lyrics site; they may not be accurate. This is an integrated bass tab with lyrics. Play/sing tabs/lyrics bound within the measure.
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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  I got nothing there's   looking back          All my yesterdays      flames.
            no sense in                                went up in
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   Now I'm gonna forget    past                  I don't even recog    name.
        what's in the                                 nize your

[Pre-Chorus 1]
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  Two undiscarded lives  a simple proposition,    Everyday a little     pain.

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   Survival's up to me     everytime I           open my eyes the       world remains. I got  
            since                                                                    

[Chorus]
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   nothing (got nothing)  bad (too bad too)     happy 'cause that's   have (that's all I 
                too                But I'm              all I            have)     I got
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A|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|
E|--3------------------|--3------------------|--3------------------|--3------------------|

   nothing (got nothing)  want (they want)      dreaming  I practi-   won.
              they               no false            cally just
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[Verse 2]
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  Looking at their win-    easy chairs,         I can see they think   beat.
        dows from their                                they got it
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  They just see a drif-    worn out clothes,     Not someone who'd     meet.
        ter in some                                  be so good to

[Pre-chorus 2]
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    I'm more ashamed of    what I'm wearing,    Not reaching past       ledge.
         them than                                 the  window
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    There's a view of      we're not sharing,    'Cause they won't      end.
        life that                                   work out to the

[Chorus]
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A|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|
E|--3------------------|--3------------------|--3------------------|--3------------------|

   nothing (got nothing)  bad (too bad too)     happy 'cause that's   have (that's all I 
                too                But I'm              all I            have)     I got
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------3-2------------|------3-2------------|------3-2------------|------3.-2-----------|
A|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|
E|--3------------------|--3------------------|--3------------------|--3------------------|

   nothing (got nothing)  want (they want)      dreaming  I practi-   won.
              they               no false            cally just
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D|------3--2-----------|
A|--------------2-2-2--|
E|--1------------------|

[Solo]
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A|---------------------|---------------------|----1~--------6~-----|--------------4~-----|
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E|---3-3~----1-1--1-1--|---3---3-------------|

[Pre-Chorus 1]
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A|----3~--------3~-----|----5~-------5~------|----3~--------3~-----|--------------5~-----|
E|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----5~---------------|
  Two undiscarded lives  a simple proposition,    Everyday a little     pain.

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A|----3~--------3~-----|----5~-------5~------|----3~--------3~-----|----0---2---3---5.---|
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   Survival's up to me     everytime I           open my eyes the       world remains. I got 

[Chorus]
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A|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|
E|--3------------------|--3------------------|--3------------------|--3------------------|

   nothing (got nothing)  bad (too bad too)     happy 'cause that's   have (that's all I 
                too                But I'm              all I            have)     I got
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------3-2------------|------3-2------------|------3-2------------|------3.-2-----------|
A|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|--------------3-3-3--|---------------3-3---|
E|--3------------------|--3------------------|--3------------------|--1------------------|
   nothing (got nothing)  want (they want)      dreaming  I practi-   won.        I got
              they               no false            cally just

[Outro]
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   nothing (got nothing)   bad (too bad)       nothing (got nothing)   bad (too bad) got
                too              I got               too
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E|---------------------|---3---3----3-3-3-3--|---------------------|--1------------------|
     nothing               too bad, I got        nothing,   too       bad.

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