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 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] G A7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out C G Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) G A7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime C G I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] G Gaug I've been across to the other side G6 B C B I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide C D G But still you ask me do I love you Em What it is, what it is C Cm7 G E7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz C Cm7 G 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] G A7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out C G Gsus2 [ G ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine G A7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime C G I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] G Gaug I've been across the water now ... so many times G6 B C B I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind C D G And still you ask me do I love you Em What you say, what you say C Cm7 G E7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away C Cm7 G 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 Gaug G6 C D G And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-oo-oo-oo wee! (break) G Then I'm lying in the darkness Gaug G6 C D G 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] G A7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey C G Gsus2 [ G ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down G A7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday C G Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | G | A7 | C | G Gsus2 | (whistling) | G | A7 | C | G Gsus2 | (whistling)