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 Fsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 G7 0-2-2-1-3-0 A# 3-x-0-0-3-3 Faug x-x-0-3-3-2 F6 x-x-0-4-3-2 [Intro] F (engineer): Nine (Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four | F | G7 | A# | F | | F | G7 | A# | F | (break) [Verse] F G7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out A# F Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) F G7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime A# F I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] F Faug I've been across to the other side F6 A A# A I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide A# C F But still you ask me do I love you Dm What it is, what it is A# A#m7 F D7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz A# A#m7 F 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] F G7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out A# F Fsus2 [ F ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine F G7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime A# F I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] F Faug I've been across the water now ... so many times F6 A A# A I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind A# C F And still you ask me do I love you Dm What you say, what you say A# A#m7 F D7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away A# A#m7 F 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] | F | G7 | A# | F | | F | G7 | A# | F | [Middle 8] F Well I get up in the morning Faug F6 A# C F And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-oo-oo-oo wee! (break) F Then I'm lying in the darkness Faug F6 A# C F 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] F G7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey A# F Fsus2 [ F ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down F G7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday A# F Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | F | G7 | A# | F Fsus2 | (whistling) | F | G7 | A# | F Fsus2 | (whistling)