{title: Nothing rhymed}
{artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan}
{time: 6/8}
{tempo: 58}
{key: Eb}
{meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06}
{start_of_part: Intro}
[Cm] [Bdim] [Eb/Bb] [Ab] [Eb]
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{start_of_verse: Verse 1}
If I [Cm]give up the seat I've been [Bdim]saving
To some [Eb/Bb]elderly lady or [Ab]man
Am I [Bb]being a good boy? Am I [Bb7]your pride and [Eb]joy?
Mother, [Fm9]please if you think, say I [Db]am [Eb]
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2}
And if, [Cm]while in the course of my [Bdim]duty
I per[Eb/Bb]form an unfortunate [Ab]take
Would you [Bb]punish me so, unbe[Bb7]lievably [Eb]so
Never a[Fm9]gain will I make that mis[Ab]take [Eb]
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{start_of_part: Bridge}
This [Bbm7]feeling inside me could never deny me
The [Eb]right to be wrong if I [Ab]choose
And this [Abm7]pleasure I get, from say, [Eb]winning a bet
Is to [F7]lose [Db] [Eb]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_verse: Verse 3}
When I'm [Cm]drinking my Bonaparte [Bdim]Shandy
Eating [Eb/Bb]more than enough apple [Ab]pies
Will I [Bb]glance at my screen and see [Bb7]real human [Eb]beings
Starve to [Fm9]death right in front of my [Db]eyes [Eb]
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{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1}
Nothing [Cm]old, nothing new, nothing [Bdim]ventured
Nothing [Eb/Bb]gained, nothing still-born or [Ab]lost
Nothing [Bb]further than proof, nothing [Bb7]wilder than [Eb]youth
Nothing [Fm7]older than time, nothing [Bb7]sweeter than wine
Nothing [G7]physically recklessly, [Cm7]hopelessly blind
Nothing [Ab]I couldn't say, nothing [Fm7]why 'cos today
Nothing [Eb]rhymed
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Instrumental}
[Cm] [Bdim]
[Eb/Bb] [Ab]
[Bb] [Bb7] [Eb]
[Fm9] [Db] [Eb]
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{start_of_part: Bridge}
This [Bbm7]feeling inside me could never deny me
The [Eb]right to be wrong if I [Ab]choose
And this [Abm7]pleasure I get, from say, [Eb]winning a bet
Is to [F7]lose [Db] [Eb]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2}
Nothing [Cm]good, nothing bad, nothing [Bdim]ventured
Nothing [Eb/Bb]gained, nothing still-born or [Ab]lost
Nothing [Bb]further than proof, nothing [Bb7]wilder than [Eb]youth
Nothing [Fm7]older than time, nothing [Bb7]sweeter than wine
Nothing [G7]physically recklessly, [Cm7]hopelessly blind
Nothing [Ab]I couldn't say, nothing [Fm7]why 'cos today
Nothing [Eb]rhymed
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outtro}
[Eb] [Cm7]
[Ab] [Ab/Bb]
[Eb]
{end_of_part}