#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the#
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
"It's My Life"
(Atkins / D'Errico)
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] [G] [Dm] [G]
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:
Dm G Dm G
It's a hard world to get a break in
Dm G Dm G
All the good things have been taken
Dm C Bb C
v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|-----------------|--
|-----------------|-----------------|--
|-----------------|-----------------|--
|---------3---5---|-5---5---5-3-----|--
|-5---5-----------|--------------5--|--
|-----------------|-----------------|--
(But girl...)
Dm C Bb
But girl there are ways to make certain things pay
C Dm C Bb
Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable
C
Some day
D
Hear what I...
G F
v v v v v v v v
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------4-5---4---|-------2-3---2---|
|-5---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
(say)
G F G
...say I'm gonna ride the serpent
F G
No more time spent sweatin' rent
F [3 bars]
Hear my command I'm breakin' loose
G
It ain't no use
F [2 bars]
Holdin' me down
G [3 bars]
Stick around
But baby (but baby)
Remember (remember)
Chorus:
C Dm F G
It's my life and I'll do what I want
C Dm F G
It's my mind and I'll think what I want
F G
Show me I'm wrong
F G
Hurt you sometime
F G F G
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:
C Dm F G
(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]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
