Chords for Bessie Smith :: Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

[F] _ _ [B] _ [F#] _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
[Am] _ _ [A#] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Once I [Bm] lived a life [A] of a millionaire, _ _
[F] spending [A] my money [Dm] I didn't care.
[A#] I carried [B] my friends [C] out [F] for a good [A] time, [F#] buying bootleg [D] liquor, _ champagne [G] and wine.
[C] When [Bm] I began to [A] fall so low, [F] I didn't have [E] a [A] friend [A#] and [A] no place [D] to go.
So [A#] if I ever get [B] my hands [C] on a [D] dollar [A] again, I'm [D] gonna hold on to it, tell them [Bm] eagles [B] to grin.
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] Nobody knows [C#m] you [F] when [A] you're [Dm] down and out. _
_ [F#m] In my [C] pocket's not [A] one [F#] penny, [D] and my friends [Am] I [G] have on any.
[C] But if I [E] ever get on [A] my feet again, _
[F] then [A] I'll meet [A#] my [A] long [D] lost [Dm] friend.
[F] It's [F#] mighty strange, [C] without [A] a doubt.
[D] Nobody knows you [A#] when you're [Cm] down and [A] out.
I mean [Am] [D] when you're [F] down [G] and out. _
[C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ [C] _ [D#] _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] Nobody knows _
[Am] you [A#] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[C] when _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ [E] you're _
[F] _ _ [A] down [Dm] and out.
When you're down and out, _
[F] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] [F] not [A] one penny, [F#m] and my [D] friends [Am] I have [G] on any.
[C] _ _ [Bm] But [A] when I fell so low, [F] _
[Em] nobody [A] wants [Dm] me around their [F] door.
[F#] Without _ [C] _ [Em] a [A] doubt, [D] no man can use you [B] when you're down [F#] and out.
[F#m] I mean [Dm] when you're [A#] down and out.
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