E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||| Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) – John Lennon E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||| Written by: John Lennon Recorded in 1974, this acoustic demo was released as a bonus track on the 2005 re-issue of "Walls and Bridges" Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard E|E|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||| CHORDS E-A-D-G-B-e Csus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 D7 0-2-2-1-3-0 F 3-x-0-0-3-3 Caug x-x-0-3-3-2 C6 x-x-0-4-3-2 [Intro] C (engineer): Nine (Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four | C | D7 | F | C | | C | D7 | F | C | (break) [Verse] C D7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out F C Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) C D7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime F C I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] C Caug I've been across to the other side C6 E F E I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide F G C But still you ask me do I love you Am What it is, what it is F Fm7 C A7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz F Fm7 C All I can tell you is it's all show biz (break) N.C. What it is, what it is, what it is, what it is [Verse] C D7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out F C Csus2 [ C ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine C D7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime F C I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] C Caug I've been across the water now ... so many times C6 E F E I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind F G C And still you ask me do I love you Am What you say, what you say F Fm7 C A7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away F Fm7 C Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away (break) N.C. What you say, what you say, what you say, what you say [Solo] | C | D7 | F | C | | C | D7 | F | C | [Middle 8] C Well I get up in the morning Caug C6 F G C And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-oo-oo-oo wee! (break) C Then I'm lying in the darkness Caug C6 F G C And I know I can't get to sleep, oo-oo-oo-oo wee! (break) N.C. (... two, three, four – one, two three, four) [Verse] C D7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey F C Csus2 [ C ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down C D7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday F C Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | C | D7 | F | C Csus2 | (whistling) | C | D7 | F | C Csus2 | (whistling)