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Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) – John Lennon
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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
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Gsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
A7 0-2-2-1-3-0
C 3-x-0-0-3-3
Gaug x-x-0-3-3-2
G6 x-x-0-4-3-2
[Intro]G
(engineer): Nine
(Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four
| G | A7 | C | G |
| G | A7 | C | G |
(break)
[Verse]GA7
Nobody loves you when you're down and out
CG
Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine
(break)
GA7
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
CG
I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine
(break)
[Bridge]GGaug
I've been across to the other side
G6BCB
I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide
CDG
But still you ask me do I love you
Em
What it is, what it is
CCm7GE7
All I can tell you is it's all show biz
CCm7G
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]GA7
Nobody loves you when you're down and out
CGGsus2[ G ]
Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine
GA7
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
CG
I'll scratch your back and you knife mine
(break)
[Bridge]GGaug
I've been across the water now ... so many times
G6BCB
I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind
CDG
And still you ask me do I love you
Em
What you say, what you say
CCm7GE7
Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away
CCm7G
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]
| G | A7 | C | G |
| G | A7 | C | G |
[Middle 8]G
Well I get up in the morning
GaugG6CDG
And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-oo-oo-oo wee!
(break)
G
Then I'm lying in the darkness
GaugG6CDG
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]GA7
Nobody loves you when you're old and grey
CGGsus2[ G ]
Nobody needs you when you're upside down
GA7
Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday
CG
Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground
(break)
[Outro]
| G | A7 | C | GGsus2 |
(whistling)
| G | A7 | C | GGsus2 |
(whistling)