If You Ain't Got Nothin' Chords
by Bobby Bare
If You Ain't Got Nothin' by Bobby Bare is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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