Chorus: 
            E5 
Well if you aint got nothin, you aint got nothin to lose 
                                                  B5 
There aint no pleasure in singin these low down blues 
E5                                              A5 
Smokin that get down and bummin them Red Man chews 
       E5                      B5                    E5 
If you aint got nothin, you aint got nothin to lose 

Daddy was a freeloader workin for the railroad line 
I grew up listenin to Brother, can you spare me a dime 
The oil situation and the worlds inflation and the bomb would be bad news 
But when you aint got nothin, you aint got nothin to lose 
 
Chorus 
 
I used to work my fingers to the bone 
I had everything that me and the bank could own 
But a sweaty blue collar and a deflated dollar aint no way to pay your dues 
But if  you aint got nothin, you aint got nothin to lose