| Ab (N.C.; 1-bar drum fill) |
| Verse 1: |
| Eb(2:/Bb) Ab/Eb |
| Do yourself a favor |
| Eb | Ab/Eb | |
| Wake up to your | mind |
| Eb | Ab/Eb | |
| Life is what you | make it |
| Eb | Ab/Eb | |
| You | see but still you're | blind |
| F | Bb/F | F | Bb/F | |
| Get yourself t | ogether, g | ive before | you take |
| F | Bb/F | |
| You'll find out the h | ard way |
| F | G | C | B | |
| Soon you're going to br | eak, yeah yeah y | eah |
| Chorus 1: |
| Bb | |
| Smiling phases, showing traces |
| Eb | |
| Even when they bust you |
| Bb | |
| Keep on smiling through and th | rough |
| Eb | Db | Cb | |
| You'll be am | azed at the g | aze on their f | aces |
| Abm | Bb | |
| As | they sentence y | ou |
| (repeat intro) |
| Verse 2: |
| You don't need a lawyer |
| When you're in a fix |
| Someone gets the payoff |
| You're friends are full of tricks |
| Happiness is something |
| That you just can't find |
| Own up to the truth girl |
| You're living with your mind |
| Chorus 2: |
| Sugar daddy brings you flowers |
| You just hang him up and |
| Keep him waiting there for hours |
| And you should see the look on his face |
| As you slide down the rail |
| Coda: |
| (jam on C to fade) |
| -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers |