Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out Guitar Lesson (Eric Clapton Unplugged)

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When guitar players think of blues chord progressions inevitably they often default to thinking about the typical 12-bar blues progression, however, there are a ton of other blues progressions that don’t get talked about as much. Today I want to share with you one of those progressions in this “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” guitar lesson.

“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” follows an 8-bar blues chord progression and has quite a different chord progression than just the typical I, IV, and V chord blues.

In this lesson, I’ll break down the chords, and different ways of strumming, fingerpicking, and even soloing over this blues classic. So get tuned up and let’s go!

Who Wrote Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out?

"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" has become a blues standard over the years but it was originally written by pianist Jimmie Cox in 1923. It was first performed in a Vaudeville-blues style. The song's lyrics tell of a wealthy person who lost their money and the friends that came with it. The first recording of this song was done by Bessie Smith in 1929.


Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out Chords

As mentioned above “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out” does not follow a typical 12-bar blues progression. Instead, it is an 8-bar blues chord progression and to play it you’ll need to know 8 chords. Those 8 chords are C, E7, A7, Dm, F, F#dim, D7/F#, and G7.

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