If You Ain't Got Nothing
recorded by Bobby Bare
written by Red Lane and Dan Wilson
C
Well if you ain’t got nothing you ain’t got nothing to lose
G7
There ain’t no pleasure in singing these low down blues
C F
Smoking that get down and bumming them Red Man chews
C G7 C
If you ain’t got nothing you ain’t got nothing to lose
F
Daddy was a freeloader working for the railroad line
D7 G7
I grew up listening to brother can you spare me a dime
C F
The oil situation and the world’s inflation and the bomb would be bad news
C G7 C
But when you ain’t got nothing you ain’t got nothing to lose
Repeat #1
F
I used to work my fingers to the bone
D7 G7
I had everything that me and the bank could own
C F
But a sweaty blue collar and a deflated dollar ain’t no way to pay your dues
C G7 C
But if you ain’t got nothing you ain’t got nothing to lose
Repeat #1
