...IT'S MY PREROGATIVE... by Bobby Brown
-------------------------...............

*from 'Don't Be Cruel' (1988)*


Chorus 1:

Am
 Everybody's talking,
Ab/Am
 All this stuff about me,
Am                          E7
 Why don't they just let me live?

Am
 I don't need permission,
Ab/Am
 Make my own decisions,
Am                 E7
 That's my preroga-tive.

Verse 1:

             Am
They say I'm crazy,
  Ab/Am
I really don't care,
Am                 E7
 That's my preroga-tive.
             Am
They say I'm nasty,
      Ab/Am
But I don't give a damn,
Am                      E7
 Gettin' girls is how I live.

            Am
Some ask me questions,
       Ab/Am
Why am I so real?
    Am
But they don't understand me;
  E7
I really don't know the deal.
        Am
About a brother,
       Ab/Am
Trying hard to make it right,
    Am
Not long ago before,
E7
 I won this fight, sing;

Chorus 2:

Am
 Everybody's talking,
Ab/Am
 All this stuff about me,
Am                          E7
 Why don't they just let me live?

Am
 I don't need permission,
Ab/Am
 Make my own decisions,
Am                 E7
 That's my preroga-tive.

Bridge 1:

            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
         Ab/Am
It's the way that I wanna live.
            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
      E7
I can do just what I feel.

            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
           Ab/Am
No one can tell me what to do.
            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
              E7
'Cos what I'm doin',
I'm doin' for you uh.

Verse 2:

Am
 Don't get me wrong,
    Ab/Am
I'm really not zooped,
Am                   E7
 Ego trips is not my thing.
          Am
All these strange relationships,
Ab/Am
 Really gets me down,
Am
 I see nothin wrong with,
E7
 Spreading myself around, sing;

Chorus 3:

Am
 Everybody's talking,
Ab/Am
 All this stuff about me,
Am                          E7
 Why don't they just let me live?

Am
 I don't need permission,
Ab/Am
 Make my own decisions,
Am                 E7
 That's my preroga-tive.

Bridge 2:

            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
         Ab/Am
It's the way that I wanna live.
            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
      E7
I can do just what I feel.

            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
           Ab/Am
No one can tell me what to do.
            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
              E7
'Cos what I'm doin',
I'm doin' for you uh.
Tell me...

Middle 8:

Dm7          Em7
 Why...can't I...
        Am
Live my life?

        Dm7
Without all...
       Em7
Of the things...
            Am
That people say?
(Ooh).

Chorus 4:

Am
 Everybody's talking,
Ab/Am
 All this stuff about me,
Am                          E7
 Why don't they just let me live?

Am
 I don't need permission,
Ab/Am
 Make my own decisions,
Am                 E7
 That's my preroga-tive.

Bridge 3:

            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
         Ab/Am
It's the way that I wanna live.
            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
      E7
I can do just what I feel.

            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
           Ab/Am
No one can tell me what to do.
            Am
It's my pre-rogative,
              E7
'Cos what I'm doin',
I'm doin' for you...

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Am     Ab/Am    E7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 50x550  40x550  076700


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)