Key: B
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 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 squalkin'.
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.