Intro:
12-string {2X, doubled with bass second time}
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12-string {2X; continue through verse}:
{Dm} G Dm G
v v v v v v v v
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bass:
v v v v v v v v
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Verse 1:
Dm G Dm G
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
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(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
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(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)
Chorus:
C Dm F G
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}
Coda:
C Dm F G
(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}