John Lennon – Nobody Loves You When Youre Down And Out (Guitar Acoustic)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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)
(repeat and fade)