Taking Care Of Business

Intro: G C (12x) verse 1: G D A long time ago, in 1965 or so Am Em I met a man with a face, it was a real disgrace G D Pictures he took and put them in a little book Am D So ambitious was he, he even took a picture of me verse 2: G D Then one day, he opened up a studio (start recording now) Am Em He tried to make it pay, making hit records, you know G D And he asked me along, write him a little song Am D I got the studio free, just sign this paper for me [Refrão] C D G Em C You got to__ take good care of business, my friend D G Take good care of yourself C D G Em You got to__ take good care of business, my friend C D G Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf (oh yeah) verse 3: D Later on, after I wrote that song Am Em Even heard it played up on Radio One (Radio One) G D Manager said, "Money all gone away Am D You spent it, you see, up and down the country" [Refrão] C D G Em C You got to__ take good care of business, my friend D G Take good care of yourself C D G Em You got to__ take good care of business, my friend C D G Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf verse 4: D Well, I started to say, "I mean, we've got to play Am Em What else can we do? We're not clever like you" G D Then, said he, "You know how I am fair Am D You can sign to the company for another ten year" [Refrão] C D G Em C You've got to take, take good care of business, boys D G Take good care of yourself C D G Em You've got to take, take good care of business, boys C D G C G C G C G D G Otherwise you're gonna end up on that shelf________