Key: B
Introduction:
Bb D7
There ain't nothin' I can do
Gm D7
Nor nothin' I can say
G7 Dm7 G7 Cm G7 Cm
That folks don't cri ti cize me
G7 Cm C C7
But I'm gonna do just as I want to anyway
F#7 F7 Bb
I don't care if they all des pise me
D7 Gm
If I should take a notion
Eb Bb
To jump into the ocean
F7 Bb G7 C7 F7 Bb
It ain't nobody's business if I do
D7 Gm
Rather than persecute me
Eb Bb
I choose that you would shoot me
F7 Bb G7 C7 F7 Bb
It ain't nobody's business if I do
D7 Gm
If I should get the feelin'
Eb Bb
To dance up on the ceiling'
F7 Bb G7 C7 F7 Bb
It ain't nobody's business if I do
D7 Gm
If I let my best companion
Eb Bb
Drive me right into the canyon
F7 Bb G7 C7 F7 Bb
It ain't nobody's business if I do
Dm7 G7 Cm G7 Cm
Regardless of their talkin'
G7 Cm C C7
Often times the ones that talk will get down on their knees
F#7 F7
And beg your pardon for their squakin'
Bb D7
If I dis like 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 caba ret 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