Intro: 12-string [2X, doubled with bass second time] v v v v v v v v -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | 3- | -5-----3-5-----3- | -5-3-----------3- | -- | ----------------- | -----5-3-5------- | -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | 12-string [2X; continue through verse]: [ D5 ] [ G5 ] [ D5 ] [ G5 ] v v v v v v v v | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- | ---------3---5--- | -6---6---5-3----- | -- | -----5-5--------- | -------------5-3- | -5 | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- bass: v v v v v v v v | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- | ---------5---7--- | ---------5---7--- | -- | -5---5-5--------- | -5---5-5--------- | -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- Verse 1: D5 G5 D5 G5 It's a hard world to get a break in D5 G5 D5 G5 All the good things have been taken D5 C5 Bb5 C5 v v v v v v v v | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- | ---------3---5--- | -5---5---5-3----- | -- | -5---5----------- | --------------5-- | -- | ----------------- | ----------------- | -- (But girl...) D5 C5 Bb5 But girl there are ways to make certain things pay C5 D5 C5 Bb5 Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable C5 Some day D5 Hear what I... G5 F5 v v v v v v v v | ----------------- | ----------------- | | ----------------- | ----------------- | | -------4-5---4--- | -------2-3---2--- | | -5--------------- | -3--------------- | | ----------------- | ----------------- | | ----------------- | ----------------- | (say) G5 F5 G5 ...say I'm gonna ride the serpent F5 G5 No more time spent sweatin' rent F [3 bars] Hear my command I'm breakin' loose G5 It ain't no use F [2 bars] Holdin' me down G [3 bars] Stick around But baby (but baby) Remember (remember) Chorus: C5 D5 F5 G5 It's my life and I'll do what I want C5 D5 F5 G5 It's my mind and I'll think what I want F5 G5 Show me I'm wrong F5 G5 Hurt you sometime F5 G5 F5 G5 But someday I'll treat you real fine Verse 2: There'll be women and their fortunes Who just love to mother orphans Are you gonna cry, when I'm squeezin' 'em dry Takin' all I can get, no regrets When I... Openly lie And leave only money Believe me honey, that money Can you believe, I ain't no saint Who complains So girl cut out Any doubt But baby (but baby) Remember (remember) [repeat chorus] Coda: C5 D5 F5 G5 (It's my life and I'll do what I want) Don't push me (It's my mind and I'll think what I want) It's my life (It's my life and I'll do what I want) And I can do what I want (It's my mind and I'll think what I want) You can't tell me (It's my life and I'll do what I want) [fade] -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers