It's My Life

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---------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- |---------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) 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] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers