Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out

NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT
By Jimmie Cox
Performed by Clapton, BB King, J Joplin, Bessie Smith
Key:C

C E7 A7 Dm
6 6 6 6 -5 -5 -5 5* 5* -3
Once I lived the life of a mil-lion-aire,
A7 Dm
-7 -7 -7 7 7 7 -6 -6 -5
Spend-ing my mon-ey, I did-n’t care.
F B7 C A7
-7 -7 -7 -7 -8 -7 7 7 -7 6
I car-ried my friends out for a good time
D9 G7
5* 5* 6 -5 5 -5 6 6 -5 6 -5
Buy-in’ boot-leg whis-ky, cham-pagne and wine.
C E7 A7
6 6 -5* -5 -5 5* 5* -3
when I be-gan to fall so low,
Dm A7 Dm
-7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7 -3 -6 -6 -6 -5
I did-n’t have a friend, and no-where to go.
F B7 C A7
-7 -7-7 -7 -7 -7 -8 -7 6 7 7 -7 6
If I ev-er get my hands on a dol-lar a-gain,
D9 G7
6 6 -5* 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7
I’m gon-na hang on to it till that ea-gle grins.

CHORUS

C E7 A7 Dm A7 Dm
6 -5 -5 5* -3 -7 -7 -7 -7 -5
No-bod-y knows you when you’re down and out.
F B7 C A7 D9
-7 -7 -8 -7 -7 -7 65* -3
In your poc-ket, not one pen-ny,
G7
6 6 6 6 6 6 6-5
and my friends I have-n’t an-y.
C E7 A7 Dm
6 6 6 6 6 6 -5 -5 5* 5* -3
But if I ev-er get on my feet a-gain,
A7 Dm F
-7 -7 7 7 -6 -6 -6 -5
Then I’ll meet my long lost friends
B7 C A7 D9
-7 -7 -7 -8 -7 7 -7 -7 65*-3
It’s might-y strange, with-out a doubt,
G7 C
6 6 -5* 6 6 6 6 7 -7 6
No-bod-y knows you when you’re down and out.
A7 D7 G7 C
-7 -7 -7 -7 7 -7 6 5
I mean when you’re down and out’

REPEAT