Nobody's Listening chords by Willie Nelson
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Intro 1
(C major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 1
He was choking back (C major) the tears
(F major) As he tried to tell his wife (G major)
That the job he'd had for
years (C major)
He'd worked hard all (G major) his life (C major) (G major) (C major)
That everything went south (F major)
And he couldn't meet the bills (G major)
And he had to sell the house (C major)
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Verse 2
That his daddy built
(F major)
And he'd ask how (C major) such a thing (D minor)
could be happen (C major) ing (F major) (C major) (F major)
But he was sure (G major) there was nobody
listen (C major) ing (G major)
(C major)
Verse 3
In the Gulf of Mexico (F major)
Near the town of New Orleans (G major)
Where all the tourists go
(C major) In this land of hopes and dreams (G major)
(C major) Then there came a killer storm
(F major) A devastating flood
(G major) And the people, they were warned
That it (C major) would turn their streets
to mud
(D minor) (C major)
Verse 4
(F major)
Sure (C major) enough, that (D minor) storm took
everything (C major) (G major) (C major) (F major)
And it was like (G major) there was nobody
(C major) listening
(G major) (C major) (F major)
Verse 5
(E flat major)
In these days of change and
mass communica (C major) tion
Seems like (E flat major) no one's plugged into the sounds
of desper (C major) ation (A minor)
And they say the future's just
an extension of the past
(B flat major) (G major) And history has a knack of
Interlude 1
coming back
(G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major)
Verse 6
Now the writer takes (C major) his pen (F major)
And he tries to find the words
(G major) Though time and time again
(C major) They often go unheard (G major) (C major)
And the singer sings his song (F major)
And he tries to impart (G major)
All the troubles going on (C major)
Weighing heavy on his heart (D minor) (C major) (F major)
But what good (C major) is the song
Verse 7
(D minor) that he has
to sing (C major) (G major) (C major) (F major) (G major)
When nobody's listening?
(C major) (D minor) (C major) (F major) But I (C major) know why (D minor) he
has to try (G major) to sing (C major) (F major)
'Cause he believes (G major) that
somebody's (C major) listening (G major)
Outro 1
(C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
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