A Chorus Line - Nothing

      [Intro]
Eb9 Eb (repeat as needed)

[Verse 1]
Eb
Every day for a week I would try to
Bb/D
Feel the motion
Bbm7/Db  Ab/C
Feel the motion
Eb
Down the hill

Eb
Every day for a week we would try to
Bb/D
Hear the wind rush
Bbm7/Db  Ab/C
Hear the wind rush
Eb
Feel the chill

[Pre-chorus 1]
     Bb                    Eb
So I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
   Bb             Eb
To see what I had inside
      Bb                    Eb
Yes I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
      F        Bb
and I tried, I tried

[Monologue 1]
(Vamp Db Eb)
And everyone was going whoosh! Whoosh! I feel
the snow! I feel the cold! I feel the air! And
Mr. Karp turns to me and says, "Okay Meralise,
what do you feel?"

[Chorus 1]
           Ab      Bb
And I said nothing
            Bbm7    C
I'm feeling nothing
            Fm            Bb         Eb
And he said nothing could get a girl transferred 
              Ab
They all felt something 
           Bbm     C
But I felt nothing
           Fm                Bb           Eb9    Eb
Except the feeling that this bullshit was absurd 

[Monologue 2]
Vamp Eb9 Eb
But then I said to myself, hey it's only the first week. 
Maybe it's genetics. They don't have bobsleds in San Juan. 

[Verse 2]
Eb
Second week, more advanced and we had to
Bb/D
Be a table
Bbm7/Db Ab/C
Be a sports car 
Eb
Icecream cone

Eb
Mr. Karp, he would say, "Very good
Bb/D
except Meralise
Bbm7/Db Ab/C
Try Meralise"
Eb9
All alone

[Pre-chorus 2]
     Bb                    Eb
So I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
   Bb                  Eb
To see how an icecream felt
      Bb                    Eb
Yes I dug right down to the bottom of my soul
      F        Bb
And I tried to melt

[Chorus 2]
                    Ab      Bb
And the kids yelled nothing
               Bbm7    C
They called me nothing
            Fm             Bb              Eb
And Karp allowed it, which really makes me burn
             Ab      Bb
They were so helpful
               Bbm7     C
They called me hopeless
        Fm            Bb                 Em9  Em
Until I really didn't know where else to turn

[Monologue 3]
Vamp Eb9 Eb
And Karp kept saying, "I really think you should
transfer to Girl's Highschool. You'll never be an
actress. Never." (Music stops, pause) Jesus Christ. 

[Verse 3] 
E
Went to church, praying Santa Maria
B/Eb
Send me guidance 
Bm7/D   A/Db
Send me guidance
E
On my knees

E
Went to church, praying Santa Maria
B/Eb
Help me feel it 
Bm7/D   A/Db
Help me feel it
E
Pretty Please
 
[Pre-chorus 3]
      E                      B
And a voice from down at the bottem of my sould
      E                  B
Came up to the top of my head
       E                     B
Yes a voice from down at the bottom of my soul
        F       B
Here is what it said

[Chorus 3]
            A        B
This man is nothing!
               Bm       Db
This course is nothing!
            F#m           B             E
If you want something, go find a better class!
             A        B
And when you find one 
             Bm      Db
You'll be an actress 
      F#m                    B               E
And I assure you that's what finally came to pass

[Outro]
(Slowly)
Bm                                   E
6 months later I heard that Karl had died
      Bm                    Bm7                    F#m A/E B/Eb A/E
And I dug right down to the bottom of my soul, and cried
(pause)                 E
'Cause I felt... nothing.