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---------|--
|-----------------|-----------------|--

        Dm        G           Dm       G 
Verse 1:    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)

C        Dm           F          G 
Chorus:        
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

  C       Dm           F          G 
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)