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 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. 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. 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)