Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (acoustic) Chords

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Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (acoustic) by Eric Clapton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, E7, A7, Dm, F, F#dim7, C/B, D7, G7, C/G and Db. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro: 

  C      E7             A7          Dm       A7         Dm           F 
---------------0---------3-3------3--1-1-------------3-1-1---------------- 
---1-------------3-2-----2-2------2--3-3-----3-2---2---3-3------------1--- 
---0--0--0h1-------0-----0-0------0--2-2---2---0-0-----2-2------------2--- 
---2--2------------------------------0---0-------------0----0-1-2-3-3---3- 
-3-------------------0-0-----0--0--------------0-------------------------- 
-------------0------------------------------------------------------------ 

  F#dim7   C/B      A7     D7          G7 
--------------------3-3----2---2---2-2-1-1-1-1-- 
1---1---1-----------2-2----1---1---1-1-0-0-0-0-- 
2---2---2-0---------0-0----2---2---2-2-0-0-0-0-- 
--4---4---2--------------0---0---0-------------- 
----------3-2-1-0------------------------------- 
---------------------------------------3-------- 

C              E7               A7 
Once I lived a l................aire 
Dm           A7     Dm 
Spend all my money, d.... 
F           F#dim7            C/G           A7 
Took all my friends out for a m... 
D7                        G7 
We bought bootleg liquor, c... 

Solo: 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-----------------8-10-8-10--8/10-8----------------/6-5-6-5--------------- 
-----------5-7/9-------------------9-7-5---/6--------------7p5-7--------- 
-------5-7-------------------------------7----7-------------------/5---5- 
-3-5/7---------------------------------------------------------------8--- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

--------------------------------------------------------5---------------- 
-------------------------------------------/5-5-5-4-3-2-2-------7---7-8-7 
----------------5-7--5-7-8--5-7-5---5-8\---/6-6-6-5-4-0------------------ 
------------5/7-------------------7---7\--------------------5/7---7-----7 
8-5-3-4-5---------------------------------------------0------------------ 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

-----------------7-8-9-10-10/11-10v-- 
-8-10----10-------------------------- 
-------------5/7--------------------- 
-9-10-10----------------------------- 
------------------------------------- 
------------------------------------- 

Solo final: 
                         Db  C 
-------------------------9---8--- 
--6b-6-------------------9---8--- 
--------8-5--------------10--9--- 
------------8-5----------11--10-- 
----------------9-8-6/7---------- 
--------------------------------- 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante