Nobody Knows - John Lee Hooker Chords
Tempo:
108.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
Fm
Cm
Gm
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
[Ebm] [Fm]
[C] [Cm]
[C] [F]
[Gm] [C]
[D] Nobody [C] know, nobody know what I've been through
[Cm] [C]
Nobody know, [B] know what I've been [Bb] through
[C] [Gm] Sometimes, sometimes I [G] didn't have food to go on my table
[C] That's why I sang the blues
You [Gm] got to feel it, [C]
[Bb] you got to know it
[C] You [G]
got to be done been through these things to sing the blues
[Eb]
[D] That's why [Eb] nobody [Gm] know what I've been through
[C] Mmm,
[Cm] [Fm] mmm, mmm, [Bb] mmm, mmm,
[C] mmm, [F] [C] mmm, mmm, [Bb] mmm, [Cm] [Gm] mmm
[Fm] I [G] [Ebm]
[Cm] [Gb] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] was born [Eb] [F] on [Bm] a [C] little cotton farm
My mother and my father were very poor
[G] [Fm] I was unprivileged,
[C] I didn't have a [Fm] chance, [C] [G]
and that's why [Gm] I can sing the [F] blues.
[C] People, you don't know what I've been through.
[Gm] [C] I
[G] wonder [C] why
[Gm] everything
[N] [Fm] I do, [C] I just can't get lucky.
I saved my life, [Fm]
[Cm] [G]
[C] [B]
[G] [Fm] [Cm]
[Bb] [Fm] [C] [A]
[F] [Cm]
[N] my mother and my father both are dead and [C] gone.
They left me in the world alone.
I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to.
Well,
[Eb] [C] [F]
I'm drifting,
[Cm] drifting, [A]
drifting from town to town.
But [C] nobody knows what I've been through.
[Ebm] [Fm]
[C] [Cm]
[C] [F]
[Gm] [C]
[D] Nobody [C] know, nobody know what I've been through
[Cm] [C]
Nobody know, [B] know what I've been [Bb] through
[C] [Gm] Sometimes, sometimes I [G] didn't have food to go on my table
[C] That's why I sang the blues
You [Gm] got to feel it, [C]
[Bb] you got to know it
[C] You [G]
got to be done been through these things to sing the blues
[Eb]
[D] That's why [Eb] nobody [Gm] know what I've been through
[C] Mmm,
[Cm] [Fm] mmm, mmm, [Bb] mmm, mmm,
[C] mmm, [F] [C] mmm, mmm, [Bb] mmm, [Cm] [Gm] mmm
[Fm] I [G] [Ebm]
[Cm] [Gb] [C] [F]
[C] [Bb] was born [Eb] [F] on [Bm] a [C] little cotton farm
My mother and my father were very poor
[G] [Fm] I was unprivileged,
[C] I didn't have a [Fm] chance, [C] [G]
and that's why [Gm] I can sing the [F] blues.
[C] People, you don't know what I've been through.
[Gm] [C] I
[G] wonder [C] why
[Gm] everything
[N] [Fm] I do, [C] I just can't get lucky.
I saved my life, [Fm]
[Cm] [G]
[C] [B]
[G] [Fm] [Cm]
[Bb] [Fm] [C] [A]
[F] [Cm]
[N] my mother and my father both are dead and [C] gone.
They left me in the world alone.
I ain't got nobody to tell my troubles to.
Well,
[Eb] [C] [F]
I'm drifting,
[Cm] drifting, [A]
drifting from town to town.
But [C] nobody knows what I've been through.
Key:
C
Fm
Cm
Gm
G
C
Fm
Cm
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] Nobody [C] know, _ _ _ _ _ nobody know what I've been through _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Nobody know, _ _ _ _ _ [B] know what I've been [Bb] through _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Gm] Sometimes, _ sometimes I _ [G] didn't have food to go on my table
_ [C] _ _ That's why I sang the blues
You _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] got to feel it, [C] _ _ _
[Bb] you got to know it
[C] You _ [G]
got to be done been through these things to sing the blues
[Eb] _ _
[D] _ _ That's why [Eb] _ nobody [Gm] _ know what I've been through _
[C] Mmm, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Fm] mmm, mmm, [Bb] mmm, mmm, _ _
[C] _ mmm, [F] _ _ _ [C] mmm, mmm, [Bb] mmm, [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ mmm
[Fm] I _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Ebm] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Gb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] was born [Eb] _ [F] on _ _ [Bm] a [C] little cotton farm
_ My _ mother and my father were very poor _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Fm] I was unprivileged, _
[C] _ I didn't have a [Fm] chance, [C] _ _ _ [G]
and that's why [Gm] _ I can sing the [F] blues.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] People, you don't know what I've been through. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] I _ _
_ [G] _ wonder [C] why _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ everything _
[N] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ I do, [C] _ I just can't get lucky. _ _ _ _
I saved my life, _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] my mother and my father both are dead and [C] gone.
_ _ _ They left me _ in the world alone.
_ I ain't got nobody _ to tell my troubles to.
_ _ Well, _
_ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
I'm drifting, _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ drifting, _ [A] _ _ _
drifting _ from town to town. _
_ _ _ _ But _ _ _ _ [C] nobody knows _ _ _ _ _ what I've been through. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] Nobody [C] know, _ _ _ _ _ nobody know what I've been through _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Nobody know, _ _ _ _ _ [B] know what I've been [Bb] through _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Gm] Sometimes, _ sometimes I _ [G] didn't have food to go on my table
_ [C] _ _ That's why I sang the blues
You _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] got to feel it, [C] _ _ _
[Bb] you got to know it
[C] You _ [G]
got to be done been through these things to sing the blues
[Eb] _ _
[D] _ _ That's why [Eb] _ nobody [Gm] _ know what I've been through _
[C] Mmm, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Fm] mmm, mmm, [Bb] mmm, mmm, _ _
[C] _ mmm, [F] _ _ _ [C] mmm, mmm, [Bb] mmm, [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ mmm
[Fm] I _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Ebm] _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Gb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] was born [Eb] _ [F] on _ _ [Bm] a [C] little cotton farm
_ My _ mother and my father were very poor _ _
_ _ [G] _ [Fm] I was unprivileged, _
[C] _ I didn't have a [Fm] chance, [C] _ _ _ [G]
and that's why [Gm] _ I can sing the [F] blues.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] People, you don't know what I've been through. _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ [C] I _ _
_ [G] _ wonder [C] why _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] _ everything _
[N] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ I do, [C] _ I just can't get lucky. _ _ _ _
I saved my life, _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G] _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] my mother and my father both are dead and [C] gone.
_ _ _ They left me _ in the world alone.
_ I ain't got nobody _ to tell my troubles to.
_ _ Well, _
_ [Eb] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
I'm drifting, _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ drifting, _ [A] _ _ _
drifting _ from town to town. _
_ _ _ _ But _ _ _ _ [C] nobody knows _ _ _ _ _ what I've been through. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _