Nowhere Man

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Here’s the intro only, showing where to come in…

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intro - C chord-2-3-4
 
verse 1 - first line acappella (DT, FD, MD tune; rest harmonies)
|           |            |              |
He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land,
|Dm            |Fm6  (xx0111)    |C      |
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
 
verse 2 (DT, FD, MD tune; rest harmonies)
|C             |G             |F                   |C
Doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to,
|Dm         |Fm6             |C      |
Isn't he a  bit like you and me?
 
chorus 1 (DT, MD tune; RK harmony; Zucchinis ah-la-la's)
        |Em         |F      
Nowhere Man, please listen,
       (a-a-a-a-ah  ah  la  la  la)   
          |Em              |F
You don't know what you're missing.
         (a-a-a-a-ah       ah  la  la  la)
        |Em       |F        |                |G7
Nowhere Man, the  world is  at your command.
       (a-a-a-ah, a-a-a-ah, a-a-a-ah         a-ah la-la-la-la) 
 
guitar solo, as verse
|C    |G    |F    |C    |Dm   |Fm6  |C    |
 
verse 3 (DT, FD, MD tune; rest harmonies)
|C               |G           |F                |C
He's as blind as he can be,   just sees what he wants to see,
|Dm             |Fm6          |C            |
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?
 
chorus 2 (DT, MD tune; RK harmony; Zucchinis ah-la-la's)
        |Em         |F     
Nowhere Man, don't  worry, 
       (a-a-a-a-ah  ah  la  la  la)   
          |Em         |F
Take your time, don't hurry.
         (a-a-a-a-ah  ah  la  la  la)
         |Em       |F            |                 |G7
Leave it all till  somebody else lends you a hand.
        (a-a-a-ah, a-a-a-ah,     a-a-a-ah         a-ah la-la-la-la)
 
verse 4 (DT, FD, MD tune; rest harmonies)
|C             |G             |F                   |C
Doesn't have a point of view, knows not where he's going to,
|Dm         |Fm6             |C            |
Isn't he a  bit like you and me?
 
chorus 3 (DT, MD tune; RK harmony; Zucchinis ah-la-la's)
        |Em         |F      
Nowhere Man, please listen,
       (a-a-a-a-ah  ah  la  la  la)   
          |Em              |F
You don't know what you're missing.
         (a-a-a-a-ah       ah  la  la  la)
        |Em       |F        |                |G7
Nowhere Man, the  world is  at your command.
       (a-a-a-ah, a-a-a-ah, a-a-a-ah         a-ah la-la-la-la)
 
verse 5 and outro (DT, FD, MD tune; rest harmonies)
|C          |G           |F             |C
He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land,
|Dm            |Fm6              |C      |
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
|Dm            |Fm6              |C      |
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.
|Dm            |Fm6              |C      |/
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.