Lyr/Chords Req: Nobody Knows You When You're ...

Subject: nobody knows u when u're down & out
From: old head
Date: 25 Jul 01 - 04:51 PM

hello everyone,first heard this song in 60's,sung by sam cooke.any1 no chords?

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: nutty
Date: 25 Jul 01 - 05:13 PM

Hope this helps

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Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: nutty
Date: 25 Jul 01 - 05:16 PM

more versions HERE

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 25 Jul 01 - 05:19 PM

I have this record, from a little over a year ago:

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows you when you're down and out
From: Gary T
Date: 28-Apr-00 - 08:22 AM

Verse:
C E7 A7 -
Dm A7 Dm -
F B7 C A7
D7 - G7 -
Bridge (Nobody knows you...)
C - A7 -
Dm A7 Dm -
F B7 C A7
D7 - G7 -
Ending (last lines):
D7 - G7 -
C A7 D7 G7 C

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I think it works better if you play the E7 after the C in the Bridge--also, the B7 is a substitute for the an F#dim--which gives you a half-step movement in the bass--

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: old head
Date: 25 Jul 01 - 06:23 PM

many thanks, my friends.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: Gary T
Date: 26 Jul 01 - 09:52 AM

DaveO is right--that E7 should be there. The part I called a bridge is really just another verse.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: pavane
Date: 26 Jul 01 - 10:09 AM

Coincidentally, this song is done by Johnny Silvo on Sandy & Johnny (1967), just mentioned in another thread.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: annamill
Date: 26 Jul 01 - 10:27 AM

I believe it was originally done by Bessie Smith. I mean I know fer sure she did it, but I don't know for sure she was the original, but I'd bet on it. One of my very favorite songs. I have it by her on CD. I also have it by Eric Clapton.

Love, annamill

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: Armen Tanzerian
Date: 26 Jul 01 - 10:52 AM

And just to put a final touch on things:

For the verse, add one more A7 --

C, E7, A7
F, A7, Dm-A7-Dm. The last three chords are for "I didn't care", one for each word.

This is a great song that used to be warbled and embellished by many benighted singers in the '60s. It wasn't until I heard the Bessie Smith original, where she sings it absolutely straight-ahead, often holding one note while those ragtime chords change underneath, that I fell in love with the tune.

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 27 Jul 01 - 02:30 AM

Weeell, I gotta work on my speed
No answers here when I went to look, and now you guys done it all.
Just 'cause I did find some provenance that isn't cited in any of the above, I'm gonna past it anyhow, as a "fair use" for discussion of chord/key variations.

From "The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book," ISBN 0-7965-6230-9
Words and Music by Jimmie Cox
Copyright 1923, 1929, 1959, 1963 by MCA Music Publishing

In F
4/4 time

  F  A7   D7          Gm            D7        Gm
  No body /knows you /  when you're down and /out 
  
   Bb        Bdim7  F    Eb7 D7
  
  G9                              C7  / And your friends/ you haven't any And
  
   F           A7           D7  /soon as you get on your /feet again
  
   Gm      D7            Gm     D7   Gm  /  Ev'ry body is your /long lost friend.
  
   Bb            Bdim7          F   Eb7    D7  /  It's mighty strange, with /out a doubt,   But
  
   G9                                 G7b5   C7  /nobody wants you when you're /down and out
  
   G9                              Db9  C9      F6  C7#5  /  Nobody wants you when you're /down and out
  
  
  Repeat from top, with 2d ending
  
   G9                              Db9  C9      F6
  /  Nobody wants you when you're /down and out  

Measures shown "/". Note that several of the chords are lagged or lead vs the lyric.

John

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 27 Jul 01 - 02:50 AM

Back to the HTML practice room.
Try once more

From "The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book," ISBN 0-7965-6230-9
Words and Music by Jimmie Cox
Copyright 1923, 1929, 1959, 1963 by MCA Music Publishing

In F
4:4 time

  F  A7    D7         Gm            D7        Gm
  No body :knows you :  when you're down and :out 
  
   Bb       Bdim7  F     Eb7  D7
  
   G9                              C7  :  And your friends: you haven't any And
  
   F           A7           D7  :soon as you get on your :feet again
  
   Gm     D7            Gm     D7     Gm  : Ev'ry body is your :long lost friend.
  
   Bb            Bdim7          F   Eb7    D7  :  It's mighty strange, with :out a   doubt, But
  
   G9                                 G7b5        C7  :nobody wants you when you're :down and   out
  
   G9                              Db9  C9        F6  C7#5  :  Nobody wants you when you're :down and   out
  
  
  Repeat from top, with 2d ending
  
   G9                              Db9  C9    F6
  :  Nobody wants you when you're :down and out  

Measures shown ":". Note that several of the chords are lagged or lead vs the lyric.

John

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: nobody knows u when u're down
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 27 Jul 01 - 02:59 AM

Error Number 1: Failed to realize that / is one of those that has to be coded.
Error Number 2: Tried to look at it in my html viewer to see what was wrong, and it trashed the line return codes.
If this don't work, I'll go home and practice... a lot.
Apologies for sending trash.

From "The Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book," ISBN 0-7965-6230-9
Words and Music by Jimmie Cox
Copyright 1923, 1929, 1959, 1963 by MCA Music Publishing

In F
4:4 time

  F  A7    D7         Gm            D7        Gm
  No body :knows you :  when you're down and :out 
  
   Bb       Bdim7  F     Eb7  D7
  : In your pocket:  not one  penny
  
   G9                              C7
  :  And your friends: you haven't any And
  
   F           A7           D7
  :soon as you get on your :feet again
  
   Gm     D7            Gm     D7     Gm
  : Ev'ry body is your :long lost friend.
  
   Bb            Bdim7          F   Eb7    D7
  :  It's mighty strange, with :out a   doubt, But
  
   G9                                 G7b5        C7
  :nobody wants you when you're :down and   out
  
   G9                              Db9  C9        F6  C7#5
  :  Nobody wants you when you're :down and   out
  
  
  Repeat from top, with 2d ending
  
   G9                              Db9  C9    F6
  :  Nobody wants you when you're :down and out
  

Measures shown ":". Note that several of the chords are lagged or lead vs the lyric.

John