#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# 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