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Its My Life Tab

by Animals


                             "It's My Life"
                          (Atkins / D'Errico)

Intro:

	12-string [2X, doubled with bass second time]

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	3-|-5-----3-5-----3-|-5-3-----------3-|
	--|-----------------|-----5-3-5-------|
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	12-string [2X; continue through verse]:

	[]     []       []    []
	  v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v    
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	|---------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:

	                                  
	It's a hard world   to get a break in
	                                   
	All the good things   have been taken

	                               
	      v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v    
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	    |-----------------|-----------------|--
	    |---------3---5---|-5---5---5-3-----|--
	    |-5---5-----------|--------------5--|--
	    |-----------------|-----------------|--
	(But girl...)

	                                     
	But girl there are ways to make certain things pay
                                                
	Though I'm dressed in these rags I'll wear sable
	      
	Some day
	          
	Hear what I...

	                   
	  v   v   v   v     v   v   v   v    
	|-----------------|-----------------|
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	|-------4-5---4---|-------2-3---2---|
	|-5---------------|-3---------------|
	|-----------------|-----------------|
	|-----------------|-----------------|
	(say)

	                              
	...say      I'm gonna ride the serpent
	                   
	No more time spent sweatin' rent
	F [3 bars]
	Hear my command I'm breakin' loose
	             
	It ain't no use
	 F [2 bars]
	Holdin' me down
	 G [3 bars]
	Stick around
	But baby (but baby)
	Remember (remember)

Chorus:

	                             
	It's my life and I'll do what I want
	                               
	It's my mind and I'll think what I want
	             
	Show me I'm wrong
	             
	Hurt you sometime
	                                      
	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:

	                              
	(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