Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out chords by John Lennon

Tuning: Standard

John Lennon
Nobody Loves You (When You're Down And Out) (1974)
(Lennon)

From: "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
Bbaug   x-1-x-3-3-2 or (easier): Daug x-x-0-3-3-2
Daug   x-x-0-3-3-2
D6    x-x-0-4-3-2

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Intro:
| D   Dsus2 D | D   Dsus2 D |


Verse:
D               E7
 Nobody loves you when you're down and out
G               D
 Nobody sees 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 scratch mine
              (break)

Bridge:
D             Bbaug
 I've been across to the other side
Bm                 F#       G F#
 I've shown you everything, I got nothing to hide
G        A      D
  And still you ask me do I love you
    Bm
What it is, what it is
G      Gm7       D      (D C# C) 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)



Verse:
D               E7
 Nobody loves you when you're down and out
G               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                Bbaug
 I've been across the water now so many times
Bm                  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      (D C# C) B7
 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips away
G          Gm7       D   Dsus2 D
 Everytime I put my finger on it, it slips a  -way
                  (break)


Solo:
| D | E | G | D |
| D | E | 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)

Verse:
D               E7
 Nobody loves you when you're old and grey
G               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

Outro:
| D | E | G | D  Dsus2 |
(whistling)
| D | E | G | D  Dsus2 |
(whistling)