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 G#sus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 A#7 0-2-2-1-3-0 C# 3-x-0-0-3-3 G#aug x-x-0-3-3-2 G#6 x-x-0-4-3-2 [Intro] G# (engineer): Nine (Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four | G# | A#7 | C# | G# | | G# | A#7 | C# | G# | (break) [Verse] G# A#7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out C# G# Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) G# A#7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime C# G# I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] G# G#aug I've been across to the other side G#6 C C# C I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide C# D# G# But still you ask me do I love you Fm What it is, what it is C# C#m7 G# F7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz C# C#m7 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# A#7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out C# G# G#sus2 [ G# ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine G# A#7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime C# G# I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] G# G#aug I've been across the water now ... so many times G#6 C C# C I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind C# D# G# And still you ask me do I love you Fm What you say, what you say C# C#m7 G# F7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away C# C#m7 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# | A#7 | C# | G# | | G# | A#7 | C# | G# | [Middle 8] G# Well I get up in the morning G#aug G#6 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 G#aug G#6 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# A#7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey C# G# G#sus2 [ G# ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down G# A#7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday C# G# Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | G# | A#7 | C# | G# G#sus2 | (whistling) | G# | A#7 | C# | G# G#sus2 | (whistling)