C5 Bb5 F5  5x *

    C5            C5
You get up every morning,
           Bb5
from your alarm clock's warning,
         F5             C5
fake the 8:15 into the city
                      C5
There's a whistle up above,
           Bb5              F5            
and people pushing, people shoving,
        C5         F5           C5
and the girls who try to look pretty

                       C5
And if your train's on time,
        Bb5             F5
you can get to work by nine,
                       Bb5              C5
and start your slaving job to get your pay
                C5
If you ever get annoyed,
        Bb5            F5
look at me I'm self-employed,
  C5               F5           C5
I love to work at nothing all day


And I'll be...
C5                        Bb5
Taking care of business, every day
C5                        Bb5
Taking care of business, every way
          C5                        Bb5
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine,
C5                            Bb5
taking care of business, and working overtime

Work out!

C5 Bb5 F5  

           C5       C5
If it were easy as fishing,
          Bb5       F5
you could be a musician,
             Bb5                  C5
if you could make sounds loud or mellow
                     C5
Get a second-hand guitar,
            Bb5        F5
chances are you'll go far,
       C5               F5              C5
if you get in with the right bunch of fellows

                      C5
People see you having fun,
       Bb5           F5
just a-lying in the sun,
                   Bb5           C5
tell them that you like it this way
                       C5
It's the work that we avoid,
          Bb5       F5
and we're all self-employed,
   C5               F5           C5
we love to work at nothing all day


And we be...
C5                        Bb5
Taking care of business, every day
C5                        Bb5
Taking care of business, every way
           C5                        Bb5
We've been taking care of business, it's all mine,
C5                            Bb5
taking care of business, and working overtime

C5 Bb5 F5  

(Spoken) Take good care of my business

C5 Bb5  4x

When I'm away, every day whoo!

    C5            C5
You get up every morning,
           Bb5
from your alarm clock's warning,
         F5             C5
take the 8:15 into the city
                      C5
There's a whistle up above,
           Bb5              F5            
and people pushing, people shoving,
        C5         F5           C5
and the girls who try to look pretty

                       C5
And if your train's on time,
        Bb5             F5
you can get to work by nine,
                       Bb5              C5
and start your slaving job to get your pay
                C5
If you ever get annoyed,
        Bb5            F5
look at me I'm self-employed,
  C5               F5           C5
I love to work at nothing all day


And I ll be
C5                        Bb5
Taking care of business, every day
C5                        Bb5
Taking care of business, every way
          C5                        Bb5
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine,
C5                           Bb5
taking care of business and working overtime

C5
Taking care of business  4x

C5                       Bb5
Taking care of business every day
C5                       Bb5
Taking care of business every way
          C5                        Bb5
I've been taking care of business, it's all mine,
C5                           Bb5
taking care of business and working overtime  2x

* Alternate:

Capo III

C5  = A5
C5 = A5
Bb5 = G5
F5  = D5

Set8