Guitar Tab: Slash (GNR) - Nothin'

Guns N’ Roses finally dropped “Nothin’,” one of the most talked-about songs from the old Chinese Democracy vaults. It started life as an unreleased demo (trading under the working title “Nothing”) and was quietly sitting in the background for years before getting reworked with Slash and Duff back in the fold and officially released as a single in December 2025.

Musically, “Nothin’” is that classic GNR slow-burn: a mellow, keyboard-soaked intro that gradually swells into a full-on power ballad. Critics have pointed out how it blends vintage Guns drama with a more modern sheen—floaty keys, big hooks, and that wide-screen chorus that feels like it could sit next to “November Rain” and “Estranged” on a playlist. Lyrically, it leans into stormy-sea and navigation imagery to talk about trying to hold onto love when everything around you is chaos.

And then there’s Slash’s solo. This one’s already getting love from fans as a standout among the post-reunion tracks—bluesy bends, huge vibrato, and those singing lines that keep building under Axl’s final screams. It feels like a little time machine moment: the current GNR lineup tapping back into that emotional, melodic side of Slash that made so many of their classic solos stick in people’s heads in the first place.

This video focuses purely on Slash’s guitar solo from “Nothin’,” laid out in tablature so you can follow every phrase and detail while you listen to what might be one of the most heartfelt leads of the band’s modern era.

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