Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
Jimmy Cox

Eric Clapton
Unplugged
1992

This song is a lot of fun from Unplugged.  The basic tab
is easy, so I decided to put it up.  Hope you enjoy it!
Eric seemed to...

Lyrics
Chords

INTRO:

     C         E7          A7                Dm            A7    Dm
   +     +   +   +       +     +   +   +   +     +   +     +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----|-------------0-------|-----3-3-----3---|-1-1-----------3-1-|-----1-1---------|
B:-----|-1---1-------0---3-2-|-----2-2-----2---|-3-3---3-----2-2-3-|-----3-3---------|
G:-----|-0---0---0h1-------2-|-----2-2-----2---|-2-2---2---2-2-2-2-|-----2-2---------|
D:-----|-2---2---2---------2-|---------------0-|-----0---0-2-----0-|-0-------0-1-2-3-|
A:---3-|-----3---------------|-0-0-------0-----|-----------0-------|-----------------|
E:-----|-------0-------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|


   F     F#º     C         A7          D7/F#         G7
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:-----------------|-----------3-3---|-2---2---2-2-----|-1---1-1---1-1---|
B:-1---1---1---1---|-1-------2-2-2---|-1---1---1-1-----|-0---0-0---0-0---|
G:-2---2---2---2---|-0-------2-2-2---|-2---2---2-2-----|-0---0-0---0-0---|
D:---3---4---4-----|-2-------------0-|-----------------|-----------------|
A:---------------3-|---2-1-0---------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-----------------|---2---2-------3-|---3-----3-------|

The end goes like this:

    without any doubt             nobody know you                     nobody knows
    C         A7          D7/F#                               F       D7
  +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +
e:----|-----------3-3---|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2---2-2---------|-----------------|
B:----|-1-------2-2-2---|-1---1---1-1-1---|-1---1-1---------|-1---1-----1-1---|
G:----|-0-------2-2-2---|-2---2---2-2-2---|-2---2-2---------|-2---2-----2-2---|
D:----|-2-------------0-|-----------------|---------0-1-2-3-|-----3-3-0-----0-|
A:--3-|---2-1-0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:----|-----------------|---2---2-------2-|---2-------------|-----------------|


   you                    nobody know you when you're down and out 
         F           D7            G7
   +   +   +   +     +   +   +   +     +   +.  +   +
e:-----------------|-2---2---2-2-x-1-|-1---1-----------|
B:-1-1-1---1-------|-1---1---1-1-x-0-|-0---0-----------|
G:-2-2-2---2-------|-2---2---2-2-x-0-|-0---0-----------|
D:-------3---2-1-0-|---0---0-----x-0-|-0---0-----------|
A:-----------------|---------------2-|-2---2-----------|
E:-----------------|---------------3-|-3---3-----------|


    3/4                         B9    C9
e:---------------------------------------------|
B:-6^----6----4-------------------2---3--------|
G:--------------5-3---------------2---3--------|
D:------------------5-4-3-1h2-----1---2--------|
A:------------------------------2-----3--------|
E:---------------------------------------------|

LYRICS:

play intro

for verses, play intro tab ad-lib

Once I lived the life of a millionaire
Spent all my money didn't have any cares
Took all my friends out for mighty good time
We bought bootleg liquor champagne and wine

Then I began to fall so low
Lost all my good friends had nowhere to go
If I get my hands on a dollar again
I'll hang on to it till that old Eagle grins

Because nobody knows you when you're down and out
In your pocket not one penny and as for friends you don't have many
When you get back on your feet again everybody wants to be your long-lost friend
I said it straight without any doubt nobody knows you when you're down and out


Guitar Solo

Piano Solo


Oh nobody knows you when you're down and out
In your pocket not one penny and as for friends you don't have any
When you get back on your feet again everybody wants to be your long-lost friend
I said it straight without any doubt nobody knows you

play ending
Nobody knows you
Nobody knows you when you're down and out


CHORDS:

E7	022130
A7	x02223
F	xx321x
F#º	xx421x
Dm	xx0231
D7/F#	200212
G7	320001
B9	x2122x
C9	x3233x

To learn why these chords are named this way, check out Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.