Parliament - Nothing Before Me But Thang

      [Intro]
Em Gm  A Gm F
   Huh!
A Gm C A

[Verse 1]
A
Here I am
D                        A
And I'm out here amongst them
A
And there is nothing before me but thang
            D
My mom once said
                   A
Son, you got to be cool
A
Cause there is nothing before you but thang
A
Now how in the hell
                C
Can I be a good boy
C                                    A
When there is nothing before you but thang
A
The good is bad
D
But the badder the better
A
When there is nothing before you but thang
D
My mouth is getting dry
D
You know what I mean

[Pre-Hook]
Em         F          C
My mind is getting so high
F
Can you dig what I mean
Gm         D          Em
Don't make me tell no lie
Gm
Can you dig what I mean?

[Hook]
C                             A
There's nothing before me but thang
A
There's nothing before me but thang
A
There's nothing before me but thang
                          F
There's nothing before me but thang
                A
There's nothing before me but thang
F                             A
There's nothing before me but thang
A
There's nothing before me but thang

[Verse 2]
C               A
It's good to be hard
A
But it's hard to be good
C                                    A
When there is nothing before you but thang
A
I'm learning to live
A
And to live is to give
A
And there is nothing before you but thang
C
Turn right, turn left
C
When you can't help yourself
A
When there is nothing before you but thang
A
There's good, there's bad
A
But a thang is a thang
A
And there is nothing before you but thang

[Pre-Hook]
D           F       D
My mouth is getting dry
F               D
You know what I mean
F                     C
My mind is getting so high
F
Can you dig what I mean, yeah
Gm
Don't make me tell no lie
Gm
Can you dig what I mean?

[Hook]
Gm              A
There's nothing before me but thang
                C
There's nothing before me but thang
                D
There's nothing before me but thang
F               A
There's nothing before me but thang
C
There's nothing before me but thang
A
There's nothing before me but thang
A
There's nothing before me but thang
A
There's nothing before me but thang
A
There's nothing before me but thang
A
There's nothing before me but thang

[Verse 3]
F           A
Good thang, bad thang
               D
Old thang, new thang (nothin')
A
Good thang, bad thang

[Hook]
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A               F
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
D                             A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
D
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')

[Pre-Hook]
A
Thang here, thing there
A
Thang everywhere

[Hook]
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')

[Outro]
A
Oh yeah, (nothin')
A
Oh yeah, (nothin')
A
Oh yeah, (nothin')
A
Oh yeah, (nothin')
A
Oh yeah, (nothin')
A
There's nothing before me but thang (nothin')
Em          A
Thang here, thing there
Em
Thang everywhere
Em
Nothin'
D
Nothin'
Em
Nothin'
D
Nothin'
Em
Nothin'
D
Nothin'
Em
Nothin'
D       Em
Nothin'