Capo: 2. Tuning: E A D G B E

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nobody knows you Jimmy Cox ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1923--------------- Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk Tuning:EADGBE This version is based on that of Scrapper Blackwell from 1928: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=626pNZB8xXE To play along to the video (in ALMOST the correct key) put your Capo on fret 2. It has twice as many verses as the Clapton version and is much slower. It also has a more complicated chord pattern with Dm9, D9 and F#dim. Notice that Dm9 and D9 differ only in the bass note used - you can get a nice bass run up from F (Dm9) to F# (D9) to G (G6) if you wrap your thumb around. You should be able to find the little extra guitar phrases Scrapper Blackwell uses from the different chords given here. VERSE CHORD SHAPES C E7 A7 F Dm9 F#dim D9 G6 e|-0--0--3--1--0---2-----0--0--| B|-1--3--2--1--1---1-----1--3--| G|-0--1--0--2--2---2-----2--0--| D|-2--0--2--3--0---1-----0--0--| A|-3--2--0--3--x---x-----x--2--| E|-x--0--x--1--1---x-----2--3--| [Verse 1]

^COnce I lived the ^E7life of a ^A7millionaire ^FSpending my ^A7money, I ^Dm9didn't care ^FTaking my ^F#dimfriends out for a ^Cmighty good ^A7time ^Dm9Bootleg liquor, and ^D9champagne ^G6wine ^CThen I got ^E7busted and I ^A7fell so low I ^Fdidn't have no ^A7money, and ^Dm9no place to go ^FThis is the ^F#dimtruth - with^Cout any ^A7doubt ^Dm9Nobody ^D9knows you when you ^G6down and ^Cout ^Dm9Nobody ^D9knows you when you ^G6down and ^Cout

[Verse 2]

^CThe other day I ^E7asked a man ^A7for my rent ^FHe told me all the ^A7money ^Dm9he had spent ^FI did my ^F#dimbest to ^Ctry one or ^A7two ^Dm9That's every^D9thing that a ^G6man could do. ^CNobody ^E7let me have ^A7one lousy dime ^FI not care - ^A7worry now ^Dm9all the time ^FI tell you this is ^F#dimtrue - with^Cout any ^A7doubt ^Dm9Nobody ^D9knows you when you ^G6down and ^Cout ^Dm9Nobody ^D9knows you when you ^G6down and ^Cout

[Verse 3]

^CIf I ever get my ^E7hands on a ^A7dollar again ^FI'm gonna hold on^A7to it 'til the ^Dm9eagles grin ^FI would ^F#dimtry and get for ^Cone little ^A7house ^Dm9Nobody ^D9knows you when you're ^G6down and out ^CLord I'll ^E7try for a^A7nother day ^FTo make my ^A7troubles in ^Dm9my own way ^FI tell you ^F#dimtrue - with^Cout any ^A7doubt ^Dm9Nobody ^D9knows you when you ^G6down and ^Cout ^Dm9Nobody ^D9knows you when you ^G6down and ^Cout

[Verse 4]

^CNo^E7body ^A7knows you ^Fwhen you're ^A7down and ^Dm9out ^FIn your ^F#dimpocket ^Cnot one ^A7penny ^Dm9You look for ^D9friends - ^G6you haven't any If you ^Cever get ^E7back on your ^A7feet again ^FThen you'll ^A7meet your ^Dm9long lost friends It's ^Fmighty ^F#dimstrange, with^Cout any ^A7doubt ^Dm9Nobody ^D9knows you when you ^G6down and ^Cout ^Dm9Nobody ^D9knows you when you ^G6down and ^Cout

Scrapper Blackwell - Nobody knows you when youre down and out