v v v v v v v v --|-----------------|-----------------| --|-----------------|-----------------| --|-----------------|-----------------| 3-|-5-----3-5-----3-|-5-3-----------3-| --|-----------------|-----5-3-5-------| --|-----------------|-----------------|
12-string [2X; continue through verse]:
[Dm] [G] [Dm] [G] v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- |---------3---5---|-6---6---5-3-----|-- |-----5-5---------|-------------5-3-|-5 |-----------------|-----------------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|--
bass:
v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------|-- |---------5---7---|---------5---7---|-- |-5---5-5---------|-5---5-5---------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|--
Verse 1:
It's a hard world to get a break in
All the good things have been taken
v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- |---------3---5---|-5---5---5-3-----|-- |-5---5-----------|--------------5--|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- (But girl...)
But girl there are ways to make certain things pay
Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable
Some day
Hear what I...
v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-------4-5---4---|-------2-3---2---| |-5---------------|-3---------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| (say)
...say I'm gonna ride the serpent
No more time spent sweatin' rent F [3 bars] Hear my command I'm breakin' loose
It ain't no use F [2 bars] Holdin' me down G [3 bars] Stick around But baby (but baby) Remember (remember)
Chorus:
It's my life and I'll do what I want
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
Show me I'm wrong
Hurt you sometime
But someday I'll treat you real fine
Verse 2:
There'll be women and their fortunes Who just love to mother orphans Are you gonna cry, when I'm squeezin' 'em dry Takin' all I can get, no regrets When I... Openly lie And leave only money Believe me honey, that money Can you believe, I ain't no saint Who complains So girl cut out Any doubt But baby (but baby) Remember (remember)
[repeat chorus]
Coda:
(It's my life and I'll do what I want) Don't push me (It's my mind and I'll think what I want) It's my life (It's my life and I'll do what I want) And I can do what I want (It's my mind and I'll think what I want) You can't tell me (It's my life and I'll do what I want) [fade]
