Nothing Up My Sleeve
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Nothing Up My Sleeve from Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Engineer Demos album.
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There's one chord that is just a C but with the A string on the fourth fret,
rather than on the third, I'm just gonna call it a C,
you don't need to play it for the song to work,
but for the sake of accuracy,
I think that's it.
Intro: G C Cm G
G C
I won't ever cry for you
Cm G
And you won't ever shed tears for me
G C
There's nothing up my sleeve
Cm G
That you haven't already seen
G D C
It's not that I don't care at all
Em D C
We lost touch so long ago
B7 Em
It may be our anniversary
A7 D Dsus4
But I, I wouldn't really know
Em Am
The phone won't ever ring
D G
In the middle of the night
G7 C
And if it ever does
Cm Em
I can assure you it won't be me
G C C* C
G C
I'll find somebody new
Cm G
And you might find somebody too
G C
There's something up his sleeve
Cm G
That you haven't already seen
G D C
It's not that I don't care anymore
Em D C
We lost touch so long ago
B7 Em
It may be our anniversary
A7 D Dsus4
But I, I wouldn't really know
Em Am
My phone won't ever ring
D G
In the middle of the night
G7 C
And if it ever does
Cm Em
I can assure you it won't be me
G C C* C
(Whistle the melody!)
G C Cm G
G C Cm G
G D C
It's not that I don't care at all
Em D C
We lost touch so long ago
B7 Em
It may be our anniversary
A7 D Dsus4
But I, I wouldn't really know
Outro: G C Cm G
How to play Nothing Up My Sleeve
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.