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 A#sus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 C7 0-2-2-1-3-0 D# 3-x-0-0-3-3 A#aug x-x-0-3-3-2 A#6 x-x-0-4-3-2 [Intro] A# (engineer): Nine (Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four | A# | C7 | D# | A# | | A# | C7 | D# | A# | (break) [Verse] A# C7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out D# A# Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine (break) A# C7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime D# A# I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine (break) [Bridge] A# A#aug I've been across to the other side A#6 D D# D I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide D# F A# But still you ask me do I love you Gm What it is, what it is D# D#m7 A# G7 All I can tell you is it's all show biz D# D#m7 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# C7 Nobody loves you when you're down and out D# A# A#sus2 [ A# ] Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine A# C7 Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime D# A# I'll scratch your back and you knife mine (break) [Bridge] A# A#aug I've been across the water now ... so many times A#6 D D# D I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind D# F A# And still you ask me do I love you Gm What you say, what you say D# D#m7 A# G7 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away D# D#m7 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# | C7 | D# | A# | | A# | C7 | D# | A# | [Middle 8] A# Well I get up in the morning A#aug A#6 D# F A# And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-oo-oo-oo wee! (break) A# Then I'm lying in the darkness A#aug A#6 D# F 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# C7 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey D# A# A#sus2 [ A# ] Nobody needs you when you're upside down A# C7 Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday D# A# Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground (break) [Outro] | A# | C7 | D# | A# A#sus2 | (whistling) | A# | C7 | D# | A# A#sus2 | (whistling)