Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Tab par Bessie Smith

[Verse]
F                A7        D7
Once I lived the life of a millionaire
Gm          D7       Gm
Spending my money, I didn't care
Bb           Fdim        F          D7
I carried my friends out for a good time
G9                     Db7           C7
Buying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine
F      A7       D7
Then I began to fall so low
Gm              D7             Gm
I didn't have a friend, and no place to go
     Bb          Fdim      F      Eb7 D7
If I ever get my hand on a dollar again
G9                                C7
I'm gonna hold on to it till them eagle's grin
 
[Chorus]
F A7   D7        Gm       D7       Gm
Nobody knows you when you down and out
Bb    Fdim   F       D7
In my pocket not one penny
G9             Db7       C7
And my friends I  haven't any
F             A7     D7
If I ever get on my feet again
Gm   D7      Gm
I'll meet my long lost friend
Bb          Fdim     F         D7
It's mighty strange, without a doubt
G9                                 C7
Nobody knows you when you down and out
G9              C9       F
I mean when you down and out
 
[Chorus]
F A7 D7  Gm          D7       Gm
Mmmmm,   when you're down and out
Bb Fdim   F       D7
Mmmmm,    not one penny
G9             Db7       C7
And my friends I  haven't any
F A7     D7
Mmmmm,   well I felt so low
Gm     D7       Gm
Nobody wants me round their door
Bb Fdim   F         D7
Mmmmm,   without a doubt
G9                                  C7
No man can use you wen you down and out
G9              C9       F
I mean when you down and out