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:
It s a hard world to get a break in
All the good things have been taken
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(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...
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(say)
...say I m gonna ride the serpent
No more time spent sweatin rent
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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}