Key: A major•
Verse 1
of all.
It's a song by Bessie Smith,
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There ain't nothin' I can do,
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or nothin' I can say
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That some folks will criticize me
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So I'm gonna do just what
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I want to anyway
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And don't care if you all
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despise me
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If I should take a motion
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To jump in to the ocean
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Ain't nobody dares do
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If I do, do, do, do
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If I go to church on Sunday
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And I shimmy down on Monday
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Well, it ain't nobody's business
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If I do, if I do
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If my friend ain't got no money,
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well, it ain't nobody's business
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if I do, do, do, do.
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If I lands her my last nickel
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And it leaves me in a pickle
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It ain't nobody's business
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If I do, if I do
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I would rather my gal woulda hit me
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An d to hold her up and quit me
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Ain't nobody's business if I do,
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do, do, do
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I know that she won't call no copper
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If she get beat up by her papa
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Well, it ain't nobody's business
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if I do, Lord, no.
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Well, it ain't nobody's business if I do.
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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TunerE A D G B E
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