A                 C#7       F#m                C#7
There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say,
F#7                  Bm   F#7
Some folks will criticize me.
Bm           F#7            B
So I'm gonna do just what I want to anyway,
B                            D7   E7
And don't care if you all despise me.

[Verse 2]

A           C#7
If I should take a notion
F#m       D7
To jump into the ocean,
A      C#m7 Cm7  Bm       E7    A  C#m7 Cm7 Bm E7
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

[Verse 3]

A               C#7
If I go to church on Sunday
F#m              D7
And I shimmy down on Monday,
A      C#m7 Cm7  Bm       E7    A  C#m7 Cm7 Bm E7
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

[Verse 4]

A                    C#7
And if my friend ain't got no money
F#m                        D7
And I say, "All right, take all of mine, honey"
A      C#m7 Cm7  Bm       E7    A  C#m7 Cm7 Bm E7
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

[Verse 5]

A              C#7
If I lend her my last nickel
F#m             D7
And it leaves me in a pickle,
A      C#m7 Cm7  Bm       E7    A  C#m7 Cm7 Bm E7
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

[Verse 6]

A                C#7
I would rather my gal would hit me
F#m               D7
Than to haul right up and quit me.
A      C#m7 Cm7  Bm       E7    A  C#m7 Cm7 Bm E7
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

[Verse 7]

A                   C#7
I know that she won't call no copper
F#m               D7
If she gets beat up by her poppa.
A      C#m7 Cm7  Bm       E7    A  G#7 G7 F#7
It ain't nobody's business if I do, Lord no.

         Bm             E7            A
Well, it ain't nobody's business if I do.