D G D G [Verse] D He was standing in the rubble G D Of an old farmhouse outside of Birmingham When some on-the-scene reporter G A Stuck a camera in the face of that old man D He said, tell the folks, please mister D7/F# What are you gonna do G Now that this twister has taken Em All that's dear to you Bm A The old man just smiled and said G Boy, let me tell you something A D A This ain't nothin' [Chorus] G Asus4 A He said, I lost my daddy when I was eight years old D D/F# Em D/F# That cave-in at the Kincaid Mine left a big old hole G Asus4 A And I lost my baby brother, my best friend, and my left hand D D/F# Em D/F# In A no-win situation in a place called Vietnam Bm F#m And last year I watched my lovin' wife G D/F# Of fifty years, waste away and die Em D/F# G Asus4 A And I held her hand as her heart of gold stopped pumpin' D So, this ain't nothin' [Verse 2] D He said, I learned at an early age G D There's things that matter and there's things that don't So if you're waiting here for me to cry, I hate G A To disappoint you boy, but I won't D Then he reached down in the rubble D7/F# And picked up a photograph G Wiped the dirt off of it Em With the hand that he still had Bm A He put it to his lips G Said, man she was somethin' A D A But, this ain't nothin' [Chorus] G Asus4 A He said, I lost my daddy when I was eight years old D D/F# Em D/F# That cave-in at the Kincaid Mine left a big old hole G Asus4 A And I lost my baby brother, my best friend, and my left hand D D/F# Em D/F# In A no-win situation in a place called Vietnam Bm F#m And last year I watched my lovin' wife G D/F# Of fifty years, waste away and die Em D/F# G Asus4 A And I held her hand as her heart of gold stopped pumpin' D So, this ain't nothin' [Bridge] G D He said this ain't nothin' that time won't erase G A And this ain't nothin' money can't replace [Entro] Bm F#m He said, you sit and watch your lovin' wife G D/F# Of fifty years, fightin' for her life Em D/F# G Then you hold her hand 'til that heart of gold stops pumpin' Asus4 Yeah, boy that's somethin' D So, this ain't (D) nothin'