Tom: Am
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Nobody knows you Jimmy Cox
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning:EADGBE
This version is based on that of Scrapper Blackwell from 1928:
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]
C E7 A7
Once I lived the life of a millionaire
F A7 Dm9
Spending my money, I didn't care
F F#dim C A7
Taking my friends out for a mighty good time
Dm9 D9 G6
Bootleg liquor, and champagne wine
C E7 A7
Then I got busted and I fell so low
F A7 Dm9
I didn't have no money, and no place to go
F F#dim C A7
This is the truth - without any doubt
Dm9 D9 G6 C
Nobody knows you when you down and out
Dm9 D9 G6 C
Nobody knows you when you down and out
[Verse 2]
C E7 A7
The other day I asked a man for my rent
F A7 Dm9
He told me all the money he had spent
F F#dim C A7
I did my best to try one or two
Dm9 D9 G6
That's everything that a man could do.
C E7 A7
Nobody let me have one lousy dime
F A7 Dm9
I not care - worry now all the time
F F#dim C A7
I tell you this is true - without any doubt
Dm9 D9 G6 C
Nobody knows you when you down and out
Dm9 D9 G6 C
Nobody knows you when you down and out
[Verse 3]
C E7 A7
If I ever get my hands on a dollar again
F A7 Dm9
I'm gonna hold onto it 'til the eagles grin
F F#dim C A7
I would try and get for one little house
Dm9 D9 G6
Nobody knows you when you're down and out
C E7 A7
Lord I'll try for another day
F A7 Dm9
To make my troubles in my own way
F F#dim C A7
I tell you true - without any doubt
Dm9 D9 G6 C
Nobody knows you when you down and out
Dm9 D9 G6 C
Nobody knows you when you down and out
[Verse 4]
C E7 A7 F A7 Dm9
Nobody knows you when you're down and out
F F#dim C A7
In your pocket not one penny
Dm9 D9 G6
You look for friends - you haven't any
C E7 A7
If you ever get back on your feet again
F A7 Dm9
Then you'll meet your long lost friends
F F#dim C A7
It's mighty strange, without any doubt
Dm9 D9 G6 C
Nobody knows you when you down and out
Dm9 D9 G6 C
Nobody knows you when you down and out
