Nothing I Can Do Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays435

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.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			
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 

 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante