Takin' Care of Business

Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1973)


{t:Takin' Care of Business}
{st:Bachman-Turner Overdrive (1973)}

{c:intro}
([C]1 2 3 4, [Bb]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [C]1 2 3 4)
([C]1 2 3 4, [Bb]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [C]1 2 3 4)
([C]1 2 3 4, [Bb]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [C]1 2 3 4)
([C]1 2 3 4, [Bb]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [C]1 2 3 4)

{c:verse 1}
You [C]get up every morning
From your [Bb]'larm clock's warning
Take the [F]8:15 into the [C7]city
There's a [C]whistle up above
And people [Bb]pushin', people shovin'
And the [F]girls who try to look [C7]pretty
And if your [C]train's on time
You can [Bb]get to work by nine
And [F]start your slaving job to get your [C7]pay
If you [C]ever get annoyed
Look at [Bb]me I'm self-employed
I [F]love to work at nothing all [C7]day, And I'll be

{soc}
[C]Taking care of business  [Bb]   (every day)
[F]Taking care of business  [C7]   (every way)
I've been [C]taking care of business  [Bb]   (it's all mine)
[F]Taking care of business and [C]working overtime, Work out
{eoc}

{c:interlude}
([C]1 2 3 4, [Bb]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [C]1 2 3 4)
([C]1 2 3 4, [Bb]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [C]1 2 3 4)

{c:verse 2}
If it were [C]easy as fishin'
You could [Bb]be a musician
If [F]you could make sounds loud or [C7]mellow
Get a [C]second-hand guitar
Chances [Bb]are you'll go far
If you [F]get in with the right bunch of [C7]fellows
People [C]see you having fun
Just a-[Bb]lying in the sun
[F]Tell them that you like it this [C7]way
It's the [C]work that we avoid
And we're [Bb]all self-employed
We [F]love to work at nothing all [C7]day, And we be

{soc}
[C]Taking care of business  [Bb]   (every day)
[F]Taking care of business  [C7]   (every way)
I've been [C]taking care of business  [Bb]   (it's all mine)
[F]Taking care of business and [C]working overtime
{eoc}

{c:interlude}
([C]1 2 3 4, [Bb]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [C]1 2 3 4)
([C]1 2 3 4, [Bb]1 2 3 4, [F]1 2 3 4, [C]1 2 3 4)

{c:verse 3}
They [C]get up every morning
From their a-[Bb]larm clock's warning
Take the [F]8:15 into the [C7]city
There's a [C]whistle up above
And people [Bb]pushin', people shovin'
And the [F]girls who try to look [C7]pretty
And if your [C]train's on time
You can [Bb]get to work by nine
And [F]start your slaving job to get your [C7]pay
If you [C]ever get annoyed
Look at [Bb]me I'm self-employed
I [F]love to work at nothing all [C7]day, And I'll be

{soc}
[C]Taking care of business [Bb]   (every day)
[F]Taking care of business [C7]   (every way)
I've been [C]taking care of business [Bb]   (it's all mine)
[F]Taking care of business and [C]working overtime
{eoc}

{c:drum interlude}
([NC]1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4, 1 2 3 4)

Takin' care of business, whoo
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business
Takin' care of business

{soc}
[C]Takin' care of business [Bb]   (every day)
[F]Takin' care of business [C7]   (every way)
[C]Takin' care of business [Bb]   (it's all mine)
[F]Takin' care of business
And [C]working over-↓time
{eoc}

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