taint nobodys business if i do chords by Bessie Smith

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There ain't nothing I

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can do  (D major)  (B minor) or nothing I can  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) say
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That  (D major) folks don't cri (E minor) ticize
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me  (D major)  (E minor) 
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But I'm goin' to do just as  (D major) 
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I want  (E minor) to anyway
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And don't care  (B minor)  (E minor) if  (D major) 
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 (A major) they all despise me  (D major) 
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 (E minor) If I should take a notion
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 (B minor) To jump into  (E minor) the  (D major) ocean
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'T ain't nobody's  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
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 (D major) bizness if  (E minor) I do, do,  (A major) do, do
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 (D major) If I go to  (E minor) church on Sunday  (D major) 
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 (B minor) Then just sing the shimmy  (E minor) down
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on Monday  (D major) 
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Ain't nobody's  (E minor) biz (D major) ness if I do, if I do  (A major) 
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 (D major) If my friend ain't got no money  (E minor) 
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 (D major) And I  (E minor) say, "take all mine, honey"
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'T  (D major) ain't nobody's  (E minor) bizness if I do, do,  (D major) 
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 (E minor) do, do  (A major) 
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 (D major) If I give him my last nickel  (E minor)  (D major) 
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 (E minor) And  it leaves  (D major) me in a pickle
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'T ain't nobody's  (E minor) bizness  (D major) if I do,  (E minor) 
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 (D major) if  (A major)  (D major) I do
I'd rather my man would hit me
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 (B minor) Than  (D major) to jump up  (E minor) right and quit me
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 (D major) 'T ain't nobody's  (E minor) biz
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 (D major) ness if  (D major)  (E minor)  (D major) I do, do, do, do
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I swear  (D major) I won't call no copper  (D major) 
If I'm beat up by my poppa
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If I'm beat up by my pop (D major) pa
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'T ain't nobody's  (E minor) 
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bizness if I do,  (D major) if I do