Nobody Knows You When Youre Down And Out

by Clapton, BB King, J Joplin, Bessie Smith · posted by WaltP

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

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

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound