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}: {Dm} 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: It's a hard world to get a break in All the good things have been taken v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- |---------3---5---|-5---5---5-3-----|-- |-5---5-----------|--------------5--|-- |-----------------|-----------------|-- (But girl...) But girl there are ways to make certain things pay Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable Some day Hear what I... v v v v v v v v |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-------4-5---4---|-------2-3---2---| |-5---------------|-3---------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| (say) ...say I'm gonna ride the serpent No more time spent sweatin' rent {3 bars} Hear my command I'm breakin' loose It ain't no use {2 bars} Holdin' me down {3 bars} Stick around But baby (but baby) Remember (remember) Chorus: It's my life and I'll do what I want It's my mind and I'll think what I want F Show me I'm wrong F Hurt you sometime 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: (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}

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