Nothing From Nothing — Billy Preston
Chords and lyrics for Nothing From Nothing by Billy Preston (key of C).
Verse 1
By Billy Preston
Chords
C: x32010
E: 022100
Am: x02210
C/G: 332010
F: 133211
Dm7: xx0211
G: 320003
Am7: x02010
Am/E: 002210
Intro
[C]
[C]Nothin' from [E]nothin'[E7/F#] leaves [Am]nothin'[Am7/G]
You [C/G]gotta have [F]somethin'
If you wanna be with [E][Dm7]me[G]
[Am7]Nothin' from [Am7/G]nothin' [C/G]leaves [F]nothin'[Am/E]
You[Am] gotta have [D7/F#]somethin'
[G]If you wanna be with [C]me
[C]I'm not tryin' to [E]be [E7/F#]your [Am]hero[Am7/G]
'Cause [C/G]that [F]zero is too cold for [E]me, [Dm7]Brrr[G]
[Am7]I'm not tryin'[Am7/G] to be[C/G] your [F]highness[Am/E]
[Am]'Cause that [D7/F#]minus is too [G]low to [C]see, yeah
[C]Nothin' from [E]nothin'[E7/F#] leaves [Am]nothin'[Am7/G]
And [C/G]I'm not [F]stuffin'
Believe you [E]me[G][Dm7]
[Am7]Don't you [Am7/G]remember[C/G] I [F]told ya[Am/E]
[Am]I'm a [D7/F#]soldier in the [G]war on [C]poverty, yeah
Yes, I am
[C] [E] [E7/F#] [Am] [Am7/G] [C/G] [F] [E] [Dm7] [G]
[Am7] [Am7/G] [C/G] [F] [Am/E] [Am] [D7/F#] [G] [C]
[C]Nothin' from [E]nothin'[E7/F#] leaves [Am]nothin'[Am7/G]
You [C/G]gotta have [F]somethin'
If you wanna be with [E][Dm7]me[G]
[Am7]Nothin' from [Am7/G]nothin' [C/G]leaves [F]nothin'[Am/E]
You[Am] gotta have [D7/F#]somethin'
[G]If you wanna be with [C]me
[C]You gotta have somethin'
If you wanna be with me
You gotta bring me somethin' girl
If you wanna be with me
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