Nothing I Can Do Chords
Nothing I Can Do by Joseph And Maia is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, Am and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro C (2x)
verse 1
C G
Oh I am what I am, and a man is what he drinks
Am F
Though I'm always trying to be the kind of man
C G
Who's full of all the things that you wish you saw in me
Am F
Like that blonde headed boy always busy dreaming
F G
But we're not kids anymore, playing in the rain
Am G F
Something was bound to change
C G
Is there nothing I can do
Am F
to let me hold you in my arms anymore
C G
Ain't there something I can say
F G C
That'll make me change my ways
verse 2
C G
Now change is in the mind, a sort of solitary space
Am F
Where it's just me, myself and I in a heated debate
C G
Discussing pros and cons and we're sorting rights from wrongs
Am F
You know, this is my decision to be made
F G
Oh, we're not kids anymore, hiding from the rain
Am G F
I guess that it's time we part ways
C G
Is there nothing I can do
Am F
to let me hold you in my arms anymore
C G
Ain't there something I can say
F G C
That'll make me change my ways
C G
Is there nothing I can do
Am F
to let me hold you in my arms anymore
C G
Ain't there something I can say
F G C
That'll make me change my ways
BRIDGE
C
The only promise I can make
G
Is that I won't make a promise I could break
Am F
I want so badly to be yours
C
Well all you need to do for me
G
Is only make a promise you can keep
Am F
I want so badly to be yours
C
Ba ba da da da ba ba ba
G
Ba ba da da da ba ba ba
Am F
Ba ba da da da ba ba ba
C G
Is there nothing I can do
Am F
to let me hold you in my arms anymore
C G
Ain't there something I can say
F G C
That'll make me change my ways
F G C
That'll make me change my ways
F G C
That'll make me change my ways