Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out chords by Bessie Smith
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Verse 1
(D major) (E flat major) (A major) (F sharp major) (A major) (B major) (D major) (A major) Once I lived the
(D major) life (E major) of a mil (F sharp major) lionaire (C sharp major)
(D major) Spending my (Gdim) money, I (C minor) did n't care
(B major) I (D major) carried my (E flat major) friends out (A major)
for a good (F sharp major) time
Buying (E flat major) bootleg liquor, (B major)
cham (D major) pag (A major) ne and (E major) wine
(A major) Then I
Verse 2
(E major) began to (F sharp major) fall (G major) so low (F sharp major)
(D major) I didn't have a friend, (F sharp major)
and (B minor) no place to (B major) go
(G major) So if I ever (D major) get my (A flat major) hand
(A major) on a dollar (F sharp major) again
I'm gonna (B major) hold on to it
till them eagle's (E major) grin
(A major)
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Verse 3
Nobody (E major) (F sharp major) knows you (D major)
when you down (F sharp major) and (C minor) out
(D major) In my (E flat major) pocket (A major) not one penny (F sharp major)
(E flat major) And my (B major) friends (A major) I haven't (E major) any
But (A major) If I ever get (C sharp major) on my (F sharp major) feet again
(D major) Then I'll (A major) meet my (D major) long lost friend (B major)
(D major) It's mighty (E flat major) strange,
(A major) without a (F sharp major) doubt
(E flat major) Nobody (B major) knows you (A major) when you
(D major) down and out
(F sharp major) I mean (E flat major) when you (D major) down and (A major) out (E major)
Interlude 1
(A major) (F sharp major) (A major) (D major) (E flat major) (F sharp major) (B major)
(A major) (B minor) (D major) (E flat major) (A major) (F sharp major) (E flat major) (A major) (B major) (E major) (A major) (E major) (A major) (D major)
(F sharp major) (D major)
Verse 4
Mmm, when (D sharp major) you're down (G major) (F sharp major) and (C minor) out
(G major) (D major) (D sharp major) (A major) Mmm, (D major) not one (F sharp major) penny
(D sharp major) And my friend (D major) s I (A major) haven't (E major) any (A major)
(G sharp major) Mmm, well I felt (F sharp major) so low
(D major) Nobody wants (F sharp major) me (B major) (F sharp major) round their (D sharp major) door
Mmm, (D major) (D sharp major) (E major) without a (F sharp major) doubt
No man can use you wen you
down and out
I mean when you down and out
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Bessie Smith
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