Chords for Nobody Knows But Me by Jimmie Rodgers (1929)

_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ Nobody knows about [A] the jailhouse blues
[D] Till you get within the [C] four walls
[A] [C] And the old jailer man [Bbm] turns [A] that big black key
_ [D] That's when your [Em] spirit _ [G] falls
[C] Then you drag yourself up to the bars
[F] And while you gaze out [A] at [C] the stars
This [D] is what [G] you [B] say
_ [C] Why did I stray [A] from the righteous path?
[D]
Nobody knows [C] but me _
There on the [A] outside you all can laugh
[D] I don't [A] need your [G] sympathy _
[C] For after I pay for the liquor I've sold
[F] I'll leave this place [Ab] worth my weight in gold
[C] So why did I stray from [A] the righteous path?
_ [D] Nobody [A] knows [C] but me
Nobody knows [G] _ [C] but me _
[A] _ [C] _ _ When you realize that you're all [A] _ [D] alone
Sitting in a [Db] two [C] by four
_ [A] _ [C] That little cell is [A] just a taste of hell
[D] If you ain't been [G] there before
_ [A] [C] You're locked up tight but they treat you fair
[F] You get everything [G] that you need [C] in there
_ [A] That's just why [G] you say
_ [A] _ [C] Why did I stray [A] from the righteous path?
[D] Nobody knows [C] but me
_ There on the outside [A] you all can laugh
[D] [Am] I don't need your [G] sympathy
_ _ [A] [C] For after I pay for the liquor I've sold
[F] I'll leave this place worth [Abm] my weight in [C] gold
So why did I stray [A] from the righteous path?
_ [D] [B] Nobody [C] knows but me
Nobody [G] knows _ [C] but me _ _ _ _ _ _ _