taking care of business chords by Lindisfarne

SimplifiedG · D · Am · Em · C

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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D 
A long time ago, 1965 or so,
Am 
Em 
I met a man with a face that was a real disgrace.
G 
D 
he took, and put them in a little book
Am 
So ambitious was he,
D 
he even took a picture of me
G 
D 
Then one day, he opened up a studio
Am 
To try to make a pay,
Em 
make it hit records you know
G 
And he asked me along,
D 
to write him a  little song
Am 
I got the studio free to sign
D 
this paper by me
C 
D 
G 
You got to take good care of business,
Em 
my friend
C 
D 
G 
Take good care of yourself
C 
D 
G 
You got to take good care of business,
D 
Em 
my friend
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D 
G 
Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf
D 
Later on, after I wrote that song
Am 
Even had it played up on
Em 
Radio 1
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D 
Man, as you say, money all gone away
Am 
You spend it, see,
D 
up and down the country
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D 
G 
You've got to take good care of business,
Em 
my  friend
C 
D 
G 
Take good care of yourself,
you've got to
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D 
G 
D 
Em 
Take good care of business, my friend
C 
D 
G 
Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf
Well, I started to say
D 
I mean, we've got to play
Am 
What else can we do?
Em 
We're not clever like you
G 
D 
Ben said he, you know how unfair
Am 
You can sign for the company
D 
For another ten years
C 
You've got to take
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G 
Em 
Take good care of business, boy
C 
D 
Take good care of yourself,
G 
C 
you've got to take
D 
G 
Take good care of the business, boy
Em 
C 
Otherwise you're gonna
D 
end up on that shelf