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Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) – John Lennon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
John Lennon
Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) (1974)
(Lennon)
This acoustic demo was released as a bonus track on the 2005 re-issue
of "Walls and Bridges"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0
E7 0-2-2-1-3-0
G 3-x-0-0-3-3
Daug x-x-0-3-3-2
D6 x-x-0-4-3-2
[Intro]
D
(engineer): Nine
(Lennon): Nine is the lucky number ... two, three, four
| D | E7 | G | D |
| D | E7 | G | D |
(break)
[Verse]
D E7
Nobody loves you when you're down and out
G D
Nobody sees you when you're on cloud nine
(break)
D E7
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
G D
I'll scratch your back and you scratch mine
(break)
[Bridge]
D Daug
I've been across to the other side
D6 F# G F#
I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide
G A D
But still you ask me do I love you
Bm
What it is, what it is
G Gm7 D B7
All I can tell you is it's all show biz
G Gm7 D
All I can tell you is it's all show biz
(break)
N.C. [ D ]
What it is, what it is, what it is, what it is
[Verse]
D E7
Nobody loves you when you're down and out
G D Dsus2 [ D ]
Nobody knows you when you're on cloud nine
D E7
Everybody's hustlin' for a buck and a dime
G D
I'll scratch your back and you knife mine
(break)
[Bridge]
D Daug
I've been across the water now ... so many times
D6 F# G F#
I've seen the one eyed witchdoctor leading the blind
G A D
And still you ask me do I love you
Bm
What you say, what you say
G Gm7 D B7
Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away
G Gm7 D
Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away
(break)
N.C. [ D ]
What you say, what you say, what you say, what you say
[Solo]
| D | E7 | G | D |
| D | E7 | G | D |
[Middle 8]
D
Well I get up in the morning
Daug D6 G A D
And I'm looking in the mirror to see, oo-oo-oo-oo wee!
(break)
D
Then I'm lying in the darkness
Daug D6 G A D
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]
D E7
Nobody loves you when you're old and grey
G D Dsus2 [ D ]
Nobody needs you when you're upside down
D E7
Everybody's hollerin' 'bout their own birthday
G D
Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground
(break)
[Outro]
| D | E7 | G | D Dsus2 |
(whistling)
| D | E7 | G | D Dsus2 |
(whistling)
(repeat and fade)
