Nobody Knows You When Your Down and Out
by Jimmy Cox (1923)
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Once I lived the
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of a mil
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lionaire
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Spending my
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money and I
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didn't
care
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Taking my friends
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out for a
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mighty fine
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time
Drinking
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high priced liquor cham
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pagne and wine
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When I began
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to fall
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so
low
I
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didn't hava a
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friend and
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no place to go
If I
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ever get my
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hands on a
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dollar
ag
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ain
I'm gonna
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hold on to it till that
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eagle
grins
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No
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body
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knows you
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when
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your down
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and
out
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In your
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pocket
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not one
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penny
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and as for friends, you
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haven't
any
But as
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soon as you get
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on your
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feet
again
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Everybody
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wants to be your
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long lost friend
It's
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mighty strange
C#7
with
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out a
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doubt
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Nobody knows you when your
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down and out
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No
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body
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knows you
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when
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your down
Em
and
out
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In your
C#7
pocket
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not one
B7
penny
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and as for friends, you
A7
haven't
any
But as
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soon as you get
F#7
on your
B7
feet
again
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Everybody
B7
wants to be your
Em
long lost friend
It's
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mighty strange
C#7
with
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out a
B7
doubt
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Nobody knows you when your
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down and
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out
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I mean
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when your
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down and out
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