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 C#sus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 D#7 0-2-2-1-3-0 F# 3-x-0-0-3-3 C#aug x-x-0-3-3-2 C#6 x-x-0-4-3-2 [Intro] C# (engineer): Nine (Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four | C# | D#7 | F# | C# | | C# | D#7 | F# | C# | (break) [Verse] C# D#7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out F# C# Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) C# D#7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime F# C# I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] C# C#aug I've been across to the other side C#6 F F# F I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide F# G# C# But still you ask me do I love you A#m What it is, what it is F# F#m7 C# A#7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz F# F#m7 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# D#7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out F# C# C#sus2 [ C# ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine C# D#7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime F# C# I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] C# C#aug I've been across the water now ... so many times C#6 F F# F I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind F# G# C# And still you ask me do I love you A#m What you say, what you say F# F#m7 C# A#7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away F# F#m7 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# | D#7 | F# | C# | | C# | D#7 | F# | C# | [Middle 8] C# Well I get up in the morning C#aug C#6 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 C#aug C#6 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# D#7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey F# C# C#sus2 [ C# ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down C# D#7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday F# C# Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | C# | D#7 | F# | C# C#sus2 | (whistling) | C# | D#7 | F# | C# C#sus2 | (whistling)