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If You Ain't Got Nothin'

Bobby Bare

RockMedium for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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BDiagram coming soon
A×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Chorus: 
            E 
Well if you aint got nothin, you aint got nothin to lose 
                                                  B 
There aint no pleasure in singin these low down blues 
E                                              A 
Smokin that get down and bummin them Red Man chews 
       E                      B                    E 
If you aint got nothin, you aint got nothin to lose 
 
 
Daddy was a freeloader workin for the railroad line 
I grew up listenin to Brother, can you spare me a dime 
The oil situation and the worlds inflation and the bomb would be bad news 
But when you aint got nothin, you aint got nothin to lose 
 
Chorus 
 
I used to work my fingers to the bone 
I had everything that me and the bank could own 
But a sweaty blue collar and a deflated dollar aint no way to pay your dues 
But if  you aint got nothin, you aint got nothin to lose

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Chord set

E · B · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.