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 F#sus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 G#7 0-2-2-1-3-0 B 3-x-0-0-3-3 F#aug x-x-0-3-3-2 F#6 x-x-0-4-3-2 [Intro] F# (engineer): Nine (Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four | F# | G#7 | B | F# | | F# | G#7 | B | F# | (break) [Verse] F# G#7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out B F# Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) F# G#7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime B F# I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] F# F#aug I've been across to the other side F#6 A# B A# I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide B C# F# But still you ask me do I love you D#m What it is, what it is B Bm7 F# D#7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz B Bm7 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# G#7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out B F# F#sus2 [ F# ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine F# G#7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime B F# I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] F# F#aug I've been across the water now ... so many times F#6 A# B A# I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind B C# F# And still you ask me do I love you D#m What you say, what you say B Bm7 F# D#7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away B Bm7 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# | G#7 | B | F# | | F# | G#7 | B | F# | [Middle 8] F# Well I get up in the morning F#aug F#6 B 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 F#aug F#6 B 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# G#7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey B F# F#sus2 [ F# ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down F# G#7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday B F# Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | F# | G#7 | B | F# F#sus2 | (whistling) | F# | G#7 | B | F# F#sus2 | (whistling)