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

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)