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G

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C

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1

Intro:
12-string (2X, doubled with bass second time)
    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---------|--
|-----------------|-----------------|--

        Dm        G           Dm       G
Verse 1:    It's a hard world   to get a break in
         Dm         G            Dm     G
All the good things   have been taken
     Dm           C    Bb           C
      v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
    |-----------------|-----------------|--
    |-----------------|-----------------|--
    |-----------------|-----------------|--
    |---------3---5---|-5---5---5-3-----|--
    |-5---5-----------|--------------5--|--
    |-----------------|-----------------|--
(But girl…)
    Dm                      C    Bb
But girl there are ways to make certain things pay
              C    Dm                         C    Bb
Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable
      C
Some day
  D
Hear what I…
  G                 F
  v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------4-5---4---|-------2-3---2---|
|-5---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
(say)
    G     F                     G
…say      I'm gonna ride the serpent
F                   G
No more time spent sweatin' rent
F  (3 bars)
Hear my command I'm breakin' loose
             G
It ain't no use
 F  (2 bars)
Holdin' me down
 G  (3 bars)
Stick around
But baby (but baby)
Remember (remember)

C        Dm           F          G
Chorus:        It's my life and I'll do what I want
C        Dm             F          G
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
F             G
Show me I'm wrong
F             G
Hurt you sometime
      F                          G    F  G
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

  C       Dm           F          G
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)