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

 
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
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

 
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