Nobody told me    (video)

 

    A - D  - A - D

 

      A                                   D

1. Everybody’s talking and no-one says a word,

     A                                             D

    everybody’s making love and no-one really cares,

                   A                E             D                    Bm

    there’s Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs.

     A                                                     D

    Always something happening and nothing going on.

                 A                                                D

    there’s always something cooking and nothing in the pot,

                   A                        E           D                          Bm

    they’re starving back in China, so finish what you’ve got.

 

G               D                                          Em

    Nobody told me there’d be days like these,

G               D                                          Em

    nobody told me there’d be days like these,

G               D                                          Em

    nobody told me there’d be days like these,

C                 G         D    - C               G          A

    strange days indeed,      strange days indeed.

 

+  A - D - A - D

 

     A                                      D

2. Everybody’s running and no-one makes a move,

     A                                       D

    everyone’s a winner and nothing left to lose,

                    A               E                D                     Bm

    there’s a little yellow idol to the North of Katmandu,

      A                                 D

    Everybody’s flying and no-one leaves the ground,

     A                                   D

    everybody’s crying and no-one makes a sound,

                      A                    E                        D             Bm

    there’s a place for us in movies, you just gotta lay around.

 

G               D                                          Em

    Nobody told me there’d be days like these,

G               D                                          Em

    nobody told me there’d be days like these,

G               D                                          Em

    nobody told me there’d be days like these,

C                 G         D    - C               G                     - A

    strange days indeed,      most peculiar, mama.

 

+  A - D - A - D

 

     A                                        D

3. Everybody’s smoking and no-one’s getting high,

     A                                   D

    everybody’s flying and never touch the sky,

                    A                E                   D                   Bm

    there’s a UFO over New York, and I ain’t too surprised.

 

G               D                                          Em

    Nobody told me there’d be days like these,

G               D                                          Em

    nobody told me there’d be days like these,

G               D                                          Em

    nobody told me there’d be days like these,

C                 G         D    - C               G                   - A

    strange days indeed,      most peculiar, mama.

 

+  D - G - A   - D - G - A (4x) ....

 

    (John Lennon)