There ain’t nothin’ I can do, nor nothin’ I can say,
G7 Dm7 G7 Cm G7
That folks don’t criticize me.
Cm G7 Cm C
But I’m gonna Do just as I want to anyway,
C7 F#7 F7
I don’t care if they all despise me.
Bb D7
If I should take a notion
Gm Eb
To jump into 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 upon 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 into 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 talkin’
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 squakin’. (sp?)
Bb D7
If I dislike 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 cabaret 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.
