Nobody's Listening Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][G][C][F][C]

[Verse 1]
He was choking back [C]the tears
[F]As he tried to tell his[G] wife
That the job he'd had for
[C]years
He'd worked hard all [G]his [C]life[G][C]
That everything went [F]south
And he couldn't meet the [G]bills
And he had to sell [C]the house

[Verse 2]
That his daddy built
[F]
And he'd ask how [C]such [Dm]a thing
could be happen[C]ing[F][C][F]
But he [G]was sure there was nobody
listen[C]ing[G]
[C]

[Verse 3]
In the Gulf of [F]Mexico
Near the town of New [G]Orleans
Where all the tourists go
[C]In this land of hopes and [G]dreams
[C]Then there came a killer storm
[F]A devastating flood
[G]And the people, they were warned
That it [C]would turn their streets
to mud
[Dm][C]

[Verse 4]
[F]
Sure [C]enough, that [Dm]storm took
[C]everything[G][C][F]
And it was [G]like there was nobody
[C]listening
[G][C][F]

[Verse 5]
[Eb]
In these days of change and
mass communica[C]tion
Seems like [Eb]no one's plugged into the sounds
of desper[C]ation[Am]
And they say the future's just
an extension of the past
[Bb]And [G]history has a knack of

[Interlude 1]
coming back
[G][C][G][C]
[G][C]

[Verse 6]
Now the writer takes [C]his pen[F]
And he tries to find the words
[G]Though time and time again
[C]They often go unh[G]eard[C]
And the singer sings his [F]song
And he tries to [G]impart
All the troubles going [C]on
Weighing heavy on his [Dm]heart[C][F]
But what good [C]is the song

[Verse 7]
[Dm]that he has
to [C]sing[G][C][F][G]
When nobody's listening?
[C]But[Dm] I kn[C]ow[F] why he[C][Dm]
has to [G]try [C]to sing[F]
'Cause [G]he believes that
somebody's [C]listening[G]

[Outro 1]
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