Bb D7
There ain’t nothin’ I can do,
Gm D7
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 Db
After all the way to do
Gm D7
is do just as you please,
G7 Dm7 G7 Cm G7
Regardless of their talkin’
Cm G7
Often times the ones that
Cm C
talk will get down on their knees,
C7 F#7 F7
And beg your pardon for their squakin’.
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.
B 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.
There ain’t nothin’ I can do,
Gm D7
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 Db
After all the way to do
Gm D7
is do just as you please,
G7 Dm7 G7 Cm G7
Regardless of their talkin’
Cm G7
Often times the ones that
Cm C
talk will get down on their knees,
C7 F#7 F7
And beg your pardon for their squakin’.
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.
B 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.