Standard (EADGBE)

This song was played in the movie Reality Bites and it was the actor

Ethan Hawke who sang it. I really like this song. But in the movie

he just plays VERSE 1 and then the CHORUS/OUTRO. The first chorus,

which was not played in the movie, has totally different chords

than the CHORUS/OUTRO. Enjoy!

When you're playing the A chord, most of the time

you should play it like this:

It's played like that in all the verses and the intro.

The only comfortable way to play this is to use your

index finger to play the A chord, then when you play the

A* you can just hammer on the D and B strings with your

middle and ring finger. Like Keith Richards does.

When you see something like 'D (sus2)' it just means

play the D chord but throw in the Dsus2 a bit. A lot

of times he plays A and then throws in a Asus2 for

instance.

OK, then you should be ready to play the song.

Intro

[play like tab above]

Verse 1

[remember, play A chords like tab above]

Got a pothead mama, got a cokehead dad

I'm an ultramodern version of the American man

I don't feel good, but don't feel bad

Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'

Verse 2

[play like verse 1]

Ain't no republicrat, no demmican, they ain't nuthin' in between

I'm sick of people talkin' about American dreams

Cause that's all gone, ain't nothin' left for me

Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'

Chorus

I ain't left, I ain't right, people say I'm wrong

Before I was born, oh that was all gone

Don't even make sense that I wrote this song, oh

[play this A chord like in the verses]

Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'

I'm nuthin'

Bridge

Don't want no big TV, or no flashy garage

Never would cut it in no corporate job

People see me coming, they say 'hey, look at that slob'

[play this A chord like in the verses]

Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'

I'm nuthin'

Verse 3

[play like verses 1 & 2]

Got a pothead mama, got a cokehead dad

I'm an ultramodern version of the American man

Don't feel good, but I don't feel bad

Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'

CHORUS/OUTRO:

I ain't left, I ain't right, people say I'm wrong

Before I was born, oh that was all gone

Don't even make sense that I wrote this song, oh

Cause me, you see, I'm nuthin'

I'm nuthin'

I'm nuthin'

[keep playing the A chord here like

I'm nuthin' it was played in the verses]

I'm nuthin'

That's me

I'm nuthin'