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 D#sus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 F7 0-2-2-1-3-0 G# 3-x-0-0-3-3 D#aug x-x-0-3-3-2 D#6 x-x-0-4-3-2 [Intro] D# (engineer): Nine (Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four | D# | F7 | G# | D# | | D# | F7 | G# | D# | (break) [Verse] D# F7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out G# D# Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) D# F7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime G# D# I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] D# D#aug I've been across to the other side D#6 G G# G I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide G# A# D# But still you ask me do I love you Cm What it is, what it is G# G#m7 D# C7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz G# G#m7 D# 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] D# F7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out G# D# D#sus2 [ D# ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine D# F7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime G# D# I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] D# D#aug I've been across the water now ... so many times D#6 G G# G I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind G# A# D# And still you ask me do I love you Cm What you say, what you say G# G#m7 D# C7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away G# G#m7 D# 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] | D# | F7 | G# | D# | | D# | F7 | G# | D# | [Middle 8] D# Well I get up in the morning D#aug D#6 G# A# D# And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-oo-oo-oo wee! (break) D# Then I'm lying in the darkness D#aug D#6 G# A# D# 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] D# F7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey G# D# D#sus2 [ D# ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down D# F7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday G# D# Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | D# | F7 | G# | D# D#sus2 | (whistling) | D# | F7 | G# | D# D#sus2 | (whistling)