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 Asus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 B7 0-2-2-1-3-0 D 3-x-0-0-3-3 Aaug x-x-0-3-3-2 A6 x-x-0-4-3-2 [Intro] A (engineer): Nine (Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four | A | B7 | D | A | | A | B7 | D | A | (break) [Verse] A B7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out D A Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) A B7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime D A I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] A Aaug I've been across to the other side A6 C# D C# I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide D E A But still you ask me do I love you F#m What it is, what it is D Dm7 A F#7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz D Dm7 A 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] A B7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out D A Asus2 [ A ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine A B7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime D A I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] A Aaug I've been across the water now ... so many times A6 C# D C# I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind D E A And still you ask me do I love you F#m What you say, what you say D Dm7 A F#7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away D Dm7 A 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] | A | B7 | D | A | | A | B7 | D | A | [Middle 8] A Well I get up in the morning Aaug A6 D E A And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-oo-oo-oo wee! (break) A Then I'm lying in the darkness Aaug A6 D E A 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] A B7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey D A Asus2 [ A ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down A B7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday D A Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | A | B7 | D | A Asus2 | (whistling) | A | B7 | D | A Asus2 | (whistling)