Bb                  D7        Gm                D7 
There ain't nothin' I can do, nor nothin' I can say, 
G7               Dm7 G7 Cm   G7 
That folks don't cri-ti-cize me. 
Cm            G7           Cm         C 
But I'm gonna do just as I want to anyway, 
C7                          F#7  F7 
I don't care if they all despise me. 
 
Bb          D7 
If I should take a notion 
Gm        Eb 
To jump into the ocean, 
Bb                F7            Bb  G7 C7 F7 
It ain't nobody's business if I do. 
 
Bb          D7 
Rather than persecute me, 
Gm            Eb 
I choose that you would shoot me, 
Bb                F7            Bb  G7 C7 F7 
It ain't nobody's business if I do. 
 
Bb          D7 
If I should get the feelin' 
Gm         Eb 
To dance upon the ceiling', 
Bb                F7            Bb  G7 C7 F7 
It ain't nobody's business if I do. 
 
Bb          D7 
If I let my best companion 
Gm               Eb 
Drive me right into the canyon, 
Bb                F7            Bb  G7 C7 F7 
It ain't nobody's business if I do. 
 
Bb            D7        Gm                D7 
After all the way to do is do just as you please, 
G7         Dm7 G7    Cm G7 
Regardless of  their talkin' 
Cm              G7                      Cm            C 
Often times the ones that talk will get down on their knees, 
C7                            F#7 F7 
And beg your pardon for their squalkin'. 
 
Bb      D7 
If I dislike my lover 
Gm                  Eb 
And leave (him/her) for another, 
Bb                F7            Bb  G7 C7 F7 
It ain't nobody's business if I do. 
 
Bb         D7 
If I go to church on Sunday, 
Gm       Eb 
Then cabaret on Monday, 
Bb                F7            Bb  G7 C7 F7 
It ain't nobody's business if I do. 
 
Bb                 D7 
If my friend ain't got no money 
Gm               Eb 
And I say, "Take all mine honey," 
Bb                F7            Bb  G7 C7 F7 
It ain't nobody's business if I do. 
 
Bb                  D7 
If I lend (him/her) my last nickel 
Gm               Eb 
And it leaves me in a pickle, 
Bb                F7            Bb 
It ain't nobody's business if I do.