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NOTE:
An asterisk indicates a single strum. Where I have an Am* in the chorus, this sounds like a stacatto
final strum before moving to the F.
Where I have indicated the G☠☠ it sounds like she is sliding up 2 frets from an Fsus2 to the G.
The C/B chords are just a 3-2-0 walk-down from the C to the Am on the A string.
The Am/G is a walkdown from the Am to the F on the low E string.
In the bridge where I have 2 G chords together those are single downstrums before moving to the next chord.
Chords:
C x32010
C/B x3x010
Am x02210
Am/G 302210
Em 022000
F 1x3211
Fsus2 1x3011
Gsus4 3x0013
G 3x0003
G☠☠ 3x5433
Verse 1:
C
They tell you while you’re young
Am
Girls, go out and have your fun
Em
Then they hunt and slay the ones
F Gsus4 G
Who actually do it
C
Criticize the way you fly
Am
When you’re soaring through the sky
Em
Shoot you down and then they sigh
F Gsus4 G
And say, “She looks like she’s been through it”
Pre-Chorus:
Am G F
Lord what will become of me
Gsus4 G
Once I’ve lost my novelty
Chorus:
F G C
I’ve had too much to drink tonight
C/B Am Am*
And I know it’s sad but this is what I think about
Fsus2 G☠☠ C
And I wake up in the middle of the night
C/B Am Am/G
It’s like I can feel time moving
F G
How can a person know everything at 18
C C/B Am
But nothing at twenty-two?
Am/G F
And will you still want me
G* C
When I’m nothing new?
Verse 2:
C
How long will it be cute
Am
All this crying in my room
Em
When you can’t blame it on my youth
F Gsus4 G
And roll your eyes with affection
C
And my cheeks are growing ti-i-ired
Am
From turning red and faking smiles
Em F Gsus4 G
Are we only biding time 'til I lose your attention?
Pre-Chorus:
Am G F
And someone else lights up the room
G
People love an ingénue
Chorus:
F G C
I’ve had too much to drink tonight
C/B Am Am*
How did I go from growing up to breaking down?
Fsus2 G☠☠ C
And I wake up in the middle of the night
C/B Am Am/G
It’s like I can feel time moving
F G
How can a person know everything at 18
C C/B Am
But nothing at twenty-two?
Am/G F
And will you still want me
G* C
When I’m nothing new?
Bridge:
F
I know someday I’m gonna meet her
G G F
It’s a fe-ver dream
G G F
The kind of radiance you only have at se-ven-teen
G G F
She’ll know the way and then she’ll say she got the map from me
G G C
I’ll say I’m happy for her then I’ll cry myself to sleep
Interlude:
Am Em F
Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh
C Am Em F
Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh-oh Oh
Outro:
F* G* C*
I’ve had (I've had) too much to drink tonight
Am*
But I wonder if they’ll miss me once they drive me out
F* G* C*
I wake up (wake up) in the middle of the night
Am
And I can feel time moving
F G
How can a person know everything at 18
C C/B Am
But nothing at twenty-two?
Fsus2 G☠☠
And will you still want me
C C/B Am
Will you still want me
F
Will you still want me
G*
When I’m nothing new?
Video/Audio
Other versions of this song
- Nothing New (Chords)
- Nothing New (feat. Phoebe Bridgers) (Chords)
Song History
Published: November 18, 2021
Last Updated: February 8, 2026