"It's My Life"
(Atkins / D'Errico)
[Intro]
12-string [2X, doubled with bass second time]
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12-string [2X; continue through verse]:
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[bass]
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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
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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
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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)
[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
[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]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
