Chords for Aretha Franklin & Big Mama Thornton - "Nobody Knows You When You're Down" LIVE 1980

_ just like they always have [F] and that's the way that I believe the tradition will truly survive. _
And this song that Bessie Smith first sang in 1929 may prove that the blues are indeed the [C] universe.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _
[A] All right big mama, [Dm] tell me what [G] you want me to do.
_ [C] You know what [Bb] in my life [A]
I just want to tell
you I was a millionaire.
[Dm] No, I [A] was spending all my money.
You didn't [Dm] have no money did you?
I did not.
_ [F] _ _ Always [Gb] taking my friends out.
Oh, [E] _ [A] ain't good times.
[D] Buying that champagne.
I didn't leave [Am] after one. _
[G] _ Well, _ [C] _ but [Bb] just as soon _ [A] _ [B] as my [A] door got open
[Dm] I _ [A] couldn't find one of them good old [Dm] friends.
I didn't know that.
And I didn't have no place to go.
Oh [F] gee.
And if [Gb] I had _ _ [C] in my hand.
[A] _
_ _ [D] What?
I'm [Gb] a whore. _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Because [Bb] nobody [A] knows.
[B] Oh, _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Dm] yeah. _ _ _ _
[F] Come on.
_ _ [Gb] In your pocket [C] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
and your brain.
[D] _ You [Em] ain't got any.
_ [C] _ _ _ [E] As you get on your [A] feet.
Ain't got no honey.
Yeah.
[Dm] _
Nobody's [A] _ your lover.
Oh, yeah.
[Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] When you're down.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ Nobody's gonna [G] watch you.
They do [B] not want to be by [C] your side.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bb] Oh, honey.
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _