Nobody Cares If I'm Blue

Words & Music by Harry Akst & Grant Clarke
Recorded by Leon Redbone, 1985


A            F#m    D9           E7      Cdim A          F#m  D9  E7
No - bod - y knows, no - bod - y cares if I'm lone - some.

A            F#m    D9            E7     Cdim  A    AM7   A7  
No - bod - y sighs, no - bod - y cries if I'm blue.

A7/6       A7   Dal7          D6
 It seems that night af - ter night,

Dm7(V)         Dm6  E7  AM7           C#m7-5   AM7
  I    sit a - lone and twid - dle my thumbs,

A    A9  Am7 Cdim          B7         Cdim          B7
But still I  keep right on ho - pin', keep the door o - pen,

   Cdim           E
But no - bod - y comes.


A       Fdim F#m   D9            E7      Cdim  A         F#m  D9  E7  
Ain't it a  crime, kis - ses of mine are just was - ted;

A6    A      A7/9  Em7 A6/7/9  A7/9 A7        A7/9 D6  DM7  D6 
Since I'm so blue, I'm  sing  - in' what - 'll I   do, boo hoo.

A7     Dalt    D6   D9 Dm6  F7      A       C#m7-5  C#7         F#7
Like a play - thing on the shelf, guess I'll have to be by my - self --

A            F#m    D9            E7      Cdim  A   E7 - Cm7-5 - Bm7-5 - A
No - bod - y knows, no - bod - y cares if I'm  blue.


A            F#m    D9           E7      Cdim A          F#m  D9  E7
No - bod - y knows, no - bod - y cares if I'm lone - some.

A            F#m    D9            E7     Cdim  A    AM7   A7  
No - bod - y sighs, no - bod - y cries if I'm blue.

 A7/6 A7 Dal7               D6
I sit at home cons - tant - ly, 

Dm7(V)       Dm6 E7 AM7           C#m7-5   AM7
My com - pa - ny is just the four walls;

A    A9  Am7 Cdim          B7         Cdim          B7
But still I  keep right on ho - pin', keep the door o - pen,

   Cdim           E
But no - bod - y calls.


A       Fdim F#m   D9            E7      Cdim  A         F#m  D9  E7  
Ain't it a  crime, kis - ses of mine are just was - ted;

A6    A      A7/9  Em7 A6/7/9  A7/9 A7        A7/9 D6  DM7  D6 
Since I'm so blue, I'm  sing  - in' what - 'll I   do,

A7       Dalt    D6    D9    Dm6  F7
When it comes to hap - pi - ness, 

A          C#m7-5  C#7            F#7
Guess I'll have to set - tle for less.

A            F#m    D9            E7      Cdim  A   C#m7-5 F#7
No - bod - y knows, no - bod - y cares if I'm  blue.


A7       Dalt    D6    D9    Dm6  F7
When it comes to hap - pi - ness, 

A          C#m7-5  C#7            F#7
Guess I'll have to set - tle for less.

A            F#m    D9            E7      Cdim  A  E7 - Cm7-5 - Bm7-5 - A6
No - bod - y knows, no - bod - y cares if I'm  blue.



 
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