F# F#7
You get up every morning,
E
from your alarm clock’s warning,
B F#
take the 8:15 into the city
F#7
There’s a whistle up above,
E B
and people pushing, people shoving,
F# B F#
and the girls who try to look pretty
F#7
And if your train’s on time,
E B
you can get to work by nine,
E F#
and start your slaving job to get your pay
F#7
If you ever get annoyed,
E B
look at me I’m self-employed,
F# B F#
I love to work at nothing all day
And I’ll be…
F# E
Taking care of business, every day
F# E
Taking care of business, every way
F# E
I’ve been taking care of business, it’s all mine,
F# E
taking care of business, and working overtime
Work out!
F# E B
F# F#7
If it were easy as fishing,
E B
you could be a musician,
E F#
if you could make sounds loud or mellow
F#7
Get a second-hand guitar,
E B
chances are you’ll go far,
F# B F#
if you get in with the right bunch of fellows
F#7
People see you having fun,
E B
just a-lying in the sun,
E F#
tell them that you like it this way
F#7
It’s the work that we avoid,
E B
and we’re all self-employed,
F# B F#
we love to work at nothing all day
And we be…
F# E
Taking care of business, every day
F# E
Taking care of business, every way
F# E
We’ve been taking care of business, it’s all mine,
F# E
taking care of business, and working overtime
F# E B
(Spoken) Take good care of my business
F# E }x4
When I’m away, every day whoo!
F# F#7
You get up every morning,
E
from your alarm clock’s warning,
B F#
take the 8:15 into the city
F#7
There’s a whistle up above,
E B
and people pushing, people shoving,
F# B F#
and the girls who try to look pretty
F#7
And if your train’s on time,
E B
you can get to work by nine,
E F#
and start your slaving job to get your pay
F#7
If you ever get annoyed,
E B
look at me I’m self-employed,
F# B F#
I love to work at nothing all day
And I ll be
F# E
Taking care of business, every day
F# E
Taking care of business, every way
F# E
I’ve been taking care of business, it’s all mine,
F# E
taking care of business and working overtime
F#
Taking care of business x4
F# E
Taking care of business every day
F# E
Taking care of business every way
F# E
I’ve been taking care of business, it’s all mine,
F# E
taking care of business and working overtime x2
