| Bb | D7 | Gm | D7 | |
| There ain't nothin' | I can do, | nor nothin' I can | say, |
| G7 | Dm7 | G7 | Cm | G7 | |
| That folks don't | cri | ti | cize | me. |
| Cm | G7 | Cm | C | |
| But I'm gonna | do just as I | want to any | way, |
| C7 | F#7 | F7 | |
| I don't care if they all des | pise | me. |
| Bb | D7 | |
| If I should | take a notion |
| Gm | Eb | |
| To jump in | to the ocean, |
| Bb | F7 | Bb | G7 | C7 | F7 | |
| It ain't nobody's | business if I | do. |
| Bb | D7 | |
| Rather than | persecute me, |
| Gm | Eb | |
| I choose that | you would shoot me, |
| Bb | F7 | Bb | G7 | C7 | F7 | |
| It ain't nobody's | business if I | do. |
| Bb | D7 | |
| If I should | get the feelin' |
| Gm | Eb | |
| To dance up | on the ceiling', |
| Bb | F7 | Bb | G7 | C7 | F7 | |
| It ain't nobody's | business if I | do. |
| Bb | D7 | |
| If I let my | best companion |
| Gm | Eb | |
| Drive me right in | to the canyon, |
| Bb | F7 | Bb | G7 | C7 | F7 | |
| It ain't nobody's | business if I | do. |
| Bb | D7 | Gm | D7 | |
| After all the | way to do | is do just as you | please, |
| G7 | Dm7 | G7 | Cm | G7 | |
| Regardless | of | their | talk | in' |
| Cm | G7 | Cm | C | |
| Often times the | ones that talk will get | down on their | knees, |
| C7 | F#7 | F7 | |
| And beg your pardon for their | squak | in'. (sp?) |
| Bb | D7 | |
| If I dis | like my lover |
| Gm | Eb | |
| And leave (him/her) | for another, |
| Bb | F7 | Bb | G7 | C7 | F7 | |
| It ain't nobody's | business if I | do. |
| Bb | D7 | |
| If I go to | church on Sunday, |
| Gm | Eb | |
| Then caba | ret on Monday, |
| Bb | F7 | Bb | G7 | C7 | F7 | |
| It ain't nobody's | business if I | do. |
| Bb | D7 | |
| If my friend ain't | got no money |
| Gm | Eb | |
| And I say, "Take | all mine honey," |
| Bb | F7 | Bb | G7 | C7 | F7 | |
| It ain't nobody's | business if I | do. |
| Bb | D7 | |
| If I lend (him/her) | my last nickel |
| Gm | Eb | |
| And it leaves me | in a pickle, |
| Bb | F7 | Bb | |
| It ain't nobody's | business if I | do. |
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| * Brian Davies (davies@ils.nwu.edu) * There are three kinds of lies: * |
| * Ph: (708)-467-1969 / (708)-733-9544 * Lies, damned lies, and release * |
| * Institute For The Learning Sciences * dates. * |
| * 1890 Maple Ave, Evanston, IL, 60201 * - guess who * |
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