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When You Ain't Got Nobody Chords

Music by: Tom Waits
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[Intro 1]
[Em][C][G][C][G][C][Em][Dm][G]
[C][Gsus4][G][F][C][Cdim][Dm][C][F]
[C]
[Gsus4]
[F]Well

[Verse 1]
[C]when you ain't got [Dm]nobody, [F]any[C]body [Dm]looks nice[F]
[C]Don't take [G]much to make
you [C]stop [Dm]and look twice
[F]And it's either [C]feast or [Cdim]famine,
I've found [Dm]out that [F]it's true
[C]And I'm hungry as a [G]bull [F]dog, baby [C]how about [F]you[C][F][G]
[C][G][C][Dm][F][C][Dm][F][C][Cdim]
[D][Dm][F][Fm][C][G]

[Verse 2]
[C]
[Dm]And when[C] you ain't got no big [F]mama,
all the [C]mamas [Dm]look hot
[G]And when [C]lovin' is you [Dm]weakness,
your just [C]bound to get [Dm]caught
[F]And the story [C]never [Cdim]changes,
history [Dm]tells [F]it so plain[Db]
[F]And I'l[C]l be your Dic[F]k, honey, if you'll jus[C]t be my [Gaug]Jane[Baug][C]
[Dm][F][C][F][C][F][G][C]
[F][C][Cdim][Dm][Db][Fm][C][Gsus4][G]

[Verse 3]
[C]
[Dm]And when you a[C]in't got nobod[Dm]y,
[F]any[C]body [G]looks nice
[F]It don[C]'t tak[F]e much to make
you [C]stop and look twice
[F]And it's either fea[C]st or fam[Cdim]ine,
I've [Dm]found out that it's true
And I'm [C]hungry as a bull [G]dog, [F]bab[C]y how about you[Dm],
[G]baby [C]how[Dm] abo[G]ut y[C]ou[G][F][C][Cdim]
[Dm][Db][Fm][C][Gsus4][G][C]
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