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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro: x6
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----0-h2-p0------------------------------------------|
A|---------------0---0-h2-p0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------0---0-0-h2/3-----3-3\2p-0----|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----0-h2-p0------------------------------4/5-4p------|
A|---------------0---0-h2-p0--------------------------0---|
E|---------------------------0---0-0-h2/3-----------------|
Bridge: x2
*Second repeat only repeats 0 on the A string
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------|
A|--------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E|--------------------------------------|
Intro:
(starts with second round)
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----0-h2-p0------------------------------4/5-4p------|
A|---------------0---0-h2-p0--------------------------0---|
E|---------------------------0---0-0-h2/3-----------------|
Repeat x2
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----0-h2-p0------------------------------------------|
A|---------------0---0-h2-p0------------------------------|
E|---------------------------0---0-0-h2/3-----3-3\2p-0----|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|-0-----0-h2-p0------------------------------4/5-4p------|
A|---------------0---0-h2-p0--------------------------0---|
E|---------------------------0---0-0-h2/3-----------------|
Lyrics and when to repeat
Intro:
I waited up for your call
You never told me you would
But the way that you smiled was a promise, I swear
Fell asleep by the phone
I missed a message or two
Deleted them 'cause they weren't you
Intro:
I wrecked my house a hundred times just to see you walk into a room
But there was money in your laugh, so babe
Intro:
There's nothing else I could do
Oh babe, there's nothing else I
Could do (there's nothing else I could)
Intro:
I miss the shape of your voice
I miss the nape of your neck
I miss the weight of your words
I miss the bruises they left
Started reading the Times
Just to look for your name
I couldn't find it
They must have made a mistake
Intro:
I broke my knuckles in a fight,
You were crying in the back of the room
And now the world is on fire, but babe
Intro: *Second half only
There's nothing else I could do
Oh babe, there's nothing else I could do (oh)
Bridge:
And they can dance to the songs
And they can drink all the wine
Because the high might be theirs
But all the bottles were mine
Bridge: *Play 0 on A string
And then you're crashing my car
And now I'm taking the blame
*There's nothing else I could do
They must have made a mistake
Intro: *Second half only
Oh
Babe, they must have made a mistake
Intro:
Oh
They must have made a mistake
Oh babe, there's nothing else I could do
Intro:
Oh babe, there's nothing else I could do
There's nothing else I could
END:
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Other versions of this song
- Nothing Else I Could Do (Chords)
- Nothing Else I Could Do (Bass)
- Nothing Else I Could Do (Ver2) (Chords)
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Last Updated: February 7, 2026