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Intro
12-string [2X, doubled with bass second time]
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12-string [2X; continue through verse]:
REm SOL REm SOL
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bass:
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Verse 1:
REm SOL REm SOL
It's a hard world to get a break in
REm SOL REm SOL
All the good things have been taken
REm DO SIb DO
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(But girl...)
REm DO SIb
But girl there are ways to make certain things pay
DO REm DO SIb
Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable
DO
Some day
RE
Hear what I...
SOL FA
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(say)
SOL FA SOL
...say I'm gonna ride the serpent
FA SOL
No more time spent sweatin' rent
F [3 bars]
Hear my command I'm breakin' loose
SOL
It ain't no use
F [2 bars]
Holdin' me down
G [3 bars]
Stick around
But baby (but baby)
Remember (remember)
Chorus
DO REm FA SOL
It's my life and I'll do what I want
DO REm FA SOL
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
FA SOL
Show me I'm wrong
FA SOL
Hurt you sometime
FA SOL FA SOL
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:
DO REm FA SOL
(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]
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