Nothing To Prove

Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:55:02 -0700
 (PDT)
From: JEFF JACKSON


written by: john feldman
                 &
           charlie paulson

transcribed by: j. jackson

i listened to this song many times 
and i'm pretty sure
i got this right.

key:
~     let ring
/     slide up
\     slide down
=======================================================
(standard tuning)

INTRO/BREAK:
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-4---6-------7-6-4-------| 
|-4-4-6-6-6-6-7-6-4-4-4-4-| 
|-2-4-4-6-6-6-5-4-2-4-4-4-| 
|---2---4-4-4-------2-2-2-| 

|-----------------| 
|-----------------| 
|-4---6-------7-6-| 
|-4-4-6-6-6-6-7-6-| 
|-2-4-4-6-6-6-5-4-| 
|---2---4-4-4-----| 

(both of these 2x)

VERSE #1:

fly off the handle once again and 
now its too late
hear the door slam shut you're gone 
and now its so late
Continues after the ad
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||------------------| 
||------------------| 
||4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| 
||------------------| 
||------------------| 
||------------------| 

i can still feel the sting of your 
hand across my face
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||------------------| 
||------------------| 
||4-4-4-4-4/6-------| 
||------------4~~~~-| 
||------------------| 
||------------------| 

again the last thing taht i wanted 
was to hurt you


CHORUS:
|-------------------------| 
|-------------------------| 
|-9-8-4-------8-8-6-6-6-6-| 
|-9-8-4-4-4-4-8-8-6-6-6-6-| 
|-7-6-2-4-4-4-6-6-4-4-4-4-| 
|-------2-2-2-------------| 

still i'm sitting alone again
i feel i'm writing the same thing 
again
and if i want to i can just shutup
now i know that i've got
|-------------| 
|-------------| 
|-9-9-9-------| 
|-9-9-9-4-4---| 
|-7-7-7-4-4---| 
|-------2-2---| 

nothing to prove to you
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|-14-14-14\9-9-9-------| 
|-14-14-14\9-9-9-9-9-9-| 
|-12-12-12\7-7-7-9-9-9-| 
|----------------7-7-7-| 

nothing to prove to you
nothing to prove to you
nothing to prove to you
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 
|-4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 
|-2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 

still i'm fighting cause there's
|---------------------| 
|---------------------| 
|---------------------| 
|-7-------------------| 
|-7-------------------| 
|-5-------------------| 

something to prove too

VERSE #2:
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-----------------6-6-6-6/9-9-9-9-
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6/9-9-9-9-
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4/7-7-7-7-
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-----------------

i here your car drive in the lot its
 three this morning
where have you been what could i do 
youre drunki'msorry
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-----------------6-6-6-6---------
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5---------2-2-2-2-

i dont know how to feel or what to 
say how should i act
then we lay down i feel so numb i 
wish you'd kill me

(THEN CHORUS)
(BREAK)

VERSE #3:

fly off the handle once again and 
now its to late
hear the door slam shut youre gone 
and now its so late
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-----------------6-6-6-6/9-9-9-9-
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6/9-9-9-9-
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4/7-7-7-7-
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-----------------

i can still feel the sting of your 
hand across my face
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-----------------6-6-6-6---------
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5---------2-2-2-2-

again the last thing that i wanted 
was to
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

||-------------------| 
||-------------------| 
||-------------------| 
||4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| 
||4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| 
||2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 

hurt you, 
yyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!

(THEN CHORUS)

OUTRO:
|------------| 
|------------| 
|-4---6------| 
|-4-4-6-6-6\-| 
|-2-4-4-6-6\-| 
|---2---4-4\-| 

        me!!


that is all of it. i hope you can 
understand it.
cuz otherwise i just wasted my time.
what else............
oh yeah!!