[INTRO:   ]B  D  A  E 
(this is the progression, you'll have to figure out the rhythm) 
 
         B 
Is that the hills under your fingernail 
  D 
The tempest and the hurricane 
  A                               E 
The clouds to come beneath your breath 
         B 
Did you introduce the night to day 
  D 
Orion with the Milky Way 
  A                            E 
And all the stars on you rolodex 
  B 
Well you carve and you smash, 
  D 
What you paint you call trash 
 
Man you must have something to say 
                       D                 A 
Sweat falls to the plate, the burden to create 
                     D                A 
All your colors washed, inspiration lost 
                  A 
Yeah, sure, ok, Monet 
                             E    B             D 
There's nothing new in the world (ha, na, na, na) 
                            A           E 
There's nothing new in the world (hey...) 
 
 
Was that the roses knocking at your door 
Asking how tall that they should grow 
Well, if it was give them my best 
 
Is that a lightning bolt back in your coat 
A fist of hail for rainy days 
A tidal wave in your coffee cup 
 
Well you reach down deep, And find nothing unique 
Truth is getting so hard to paint 
Just chasing the wind, No place to begin 
Mister, you're not the first 
Try working with dirt 
Yeah sure ok Monet 
 
There's nothing new in the world (ha, na, na, na) 
There's nothing new in the world (hey...) 
 
Another empty canvas Tuesday 
Howling Wolf is on the LP 
But even he can't prime this poets pump 
 
The agony and the ecstasy 
The tension and the release 
Did you know you were looking for me 
 
There's nothing new in the world (ha, na, na, na) 
There's nothing new in the world (hey...)