Chords for Nobody knows you when you're down and out - Jeff Barnhart

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_ _ _ _ _ _ So, Barrel House, rough and ready.
A lot of these [F#] guys had no formal training.
They picked up the tunes from whoever had the gig
before them who lost it either because,
well, who knows why.
Maybe they were shot. _
Maybe they ended up taking their pay and trade
and so died an untimely death.
I mean, these things happen, you know?
_ _ So, _ a lot of the great story songs
came out of this tradition _ and out of this,
_ _ well, this cast of musicians, [G] if you will.
From _ [E] 1929, this is one of the best ones that I know.
[B] And it's a tune, actually, I'm sorry, _ [B] 1923.
[A] It's even older than that.
Bessie Smith _ _ sang it.
All the blues singers back then sang it.
But it was rock [F#] and blues guitarist Eric Clapton
who introduced it to a whole new audience in 1990
when he recorded it on his MTV Unplugged album. _
_ _ And the whole song got a real shot _ because he did it. _
I'd like to do it for you right now.
_ I'm gonna sing a verse that Spencer Williams wrote
after the fact.
It was never published.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ _ It's a [G] really cool [E] way to introduce the [D#] song.
And we'll see how many of you know it
when you [C] hear the verse. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [B] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] ♪ I get full [B] of empty [A] _ _ holes in my shoes _ [Dm] _ ♪
[Em] ♪ Jump on a bus, [Dm] love a big [A] cigar _ ♪
♪ [D] And _ [Em] _
_ [Fm] _ [D] _ [G] desire to [Am] be a good [G] guy ♪
♪ [C] _ _ _
[G] I'm _ [F] _ _ [C] _ singing it [G] again, _ _ _ [C] good girl, [C#] good girl, good girl ♪
♪ You should [A] wear _ that hat, _ [D#m] _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ well, [F] they asked me to [Em] try ♪
♪ It [D] didn't like [C] the _ [F#] music, _ [Am] but [G] the time [A#m] is not [G] _ high ♪
_ _ _ Any idea? _
_ _ _ You got it in the back there, that's right.
Nobody knows you when you're down and out.
Ain't that the truth?
♪ _ [C] _ _
Once I laid [Bm] the _ line for [A] a million _ _ ♪ _
_ [Dm] ♪ Spent all [A] my money _ [Dm] as if I [A] didn't care _ [F] _ ♪
♪ Took my friends [C] out _ [Em] for a mighty good [A] time _ _ [Am] ♪
♪ I'm a good-looking nigga, _ [Dm] no [G] whiskey and wine _ ♪
[C] _ ♪ Good [Bm] time _ begins, _ [A] oh, _ _ so good _ [D] ♪
♪ It's now or [Em] never, _ and [F] I have [Dm] no place to go _ ♪
_ ♪ If I ever [F#m] hold [C] a _ [G] star [A] again, _ _ I'll be a [D] star _ _ _ _ _ to [G] the _ eagles' [Em] rings _ ♪
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ ♪ When you're [B] down, _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _ _
down [F#] in the ditch, _ [G] you can't want [A] any of it ♪
♪ And [F#] your friends just don't _ _ _
[G] _ know [F] you ain't [Em] got any of it [Dm] ♪
[C] ♪ If I [F#] get back, I'm not [A] free again _ ♪
[D#] ♪ [Dm] Not _ [B] everybody wanna be my [F] love lost with [Dm] you _ _ [F] ♪ _
♪ It's just [C] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ nobody knows you [Cm] when you're down [A] and out ♪ _
[D] ♪ [F#] Nobody [G] knows you when you're _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D#m] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [A] _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [B] _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [A] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ down _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A#] and out _ _ [D#] ♪
[D] _ ♪ And [Am] you, _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [A] you are the one I want to be with [Em] again ♪
_ [Dm] ♪ _ Everybody _ [Em] wanna _ _ [F] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
be [F] my love [F#m] _ [C] lost _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
with you ♪
[F#] ♪ I _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ see you lost _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ when [G#] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ you're down _ [C] and out ♪
_ _ [F#] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
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_ _ _ You're fantastic, O'Neal.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _