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Song title:       Nobody Takes Me Seriously
Original Album:	  True Colours

Words and Music by Tim Finn
Copyright © 1980 Mushroom Records Pty Limited
Published by Mushroom Music Publishing Pty Limited

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
The bass figure is only played in the intro.
For the acoustic guitar you could dampen the strings near the bridge
with the edge of the strumming hand to get a nice groove going in the
verses. Play barre chords in the CHORUS. 


INTRO:  Bass figure  [x4]

Bass figure:

    D
|--------------------------|
|*------------------------*|
|*--5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----*|
|-----5--------------------|

 

VERSE:
D                   Bb
Nobody listens to a word that I say
       C               Bb        A
And at work I'm just a foreman's tool
D                             Bb
Sitting in the corner with my coffee and tray
        C           Bb          A
All the secretaries think I'm a fool


CHORUS: 
Dm                            Bb
I don't wanna suffer these conditions no more
Dm                     A
Haven't I the right to say
Dm                            Bb
I don't wanna suffer these conditions no more
F               Bb
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
F               Bb
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
C               Bb       
Nobody takes me seriously anyway


VERSE:
Loves not a glimpse, it's a permanent rinse
And it keeps you on your toes all day
Every girl I met seemed to get apathetic
When I looked at her that special way


CHORUS: 
I can't get nobody else to take me for real
They like to keep me tucked away
Even if they listened to what I had to say
Nobody'd take me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway


[Instrumental over VERSE chords]


VERSE:
If war broke out I'd be the last one to know
If there was a fire they'd just leave me to burn
I got just as much to say as any man
But I never seem to get my turn


CHORUS: 
I don't wanna suffer these conditions no more
Haven't I the right to say
I don't wanna suffer these conditions no more
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway
Nobody takes me seriously anyway

 F               Bb
(Nobody takes me seriously)  [x4]

Nobody.. no, no, no-nobody... [repeat to fade]


CHORDS:
D     x00232
Bb    xx0331 or 688766
C     332010 or 8 10 10 988
A     x02220 or 577655
Dm    x57765
F     133211