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 Bsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 C#7 0-2-2-1-3-0 E 3-x-0-0-3-3 Baug x-x-0-3-3-2 B6 x-x-0-4-3-2 [Intro] B (engineer): Nine (Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four | B | C#7 | E | B | | B | C#7 | E | B | (break) [Verse] B C#7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out E B Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) B C#7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime E B I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] B Baug I've been across to the other side B6 D# E D# I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide E F# B But still you ask me do I love you G#m What it is, what it is E Em7 B G#7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz E Em7 B 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] B C#7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out E B Bsus2 [ B ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine B C#7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime E B I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] B Baug I've been across the water now ... so many times B6 D# E D# I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind E F# B And still you ask me do I love you G#m What you say, what you say E Em7 B G#7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away E Em7 B 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] | B | C#7 | E | B | | B | C#7 | E | B | [Middle 8] B Well I get up in the morning Baug B6 E F# B And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-oo-oo-oo wee! (break) B Then I'm lying in the darkness Baug B6 E F# B 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] B C#7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey E B Bsus2 [ B ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down B C#7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday E B Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | B | C#7 | E | B Bsus2 | (whistling) | B | C#7 | E | B Bsus2 | (whistling)