Nobody Gonna Tell Me What To Do Chords
by Van Zant
Nobody Gonna Tell Me What To Do by Van Zant is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em, F and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G D C
Em C
You should’ve seen the look on the face of the boss of the second shift
Em C
When I threw my hardhat at him and suggested the box where he could stick it
G C
I walked downstairs and told’em I was leaving Bethlehem
Em D
Like I’d seen The Savior had tears in my eyes
C
Holding my hands up and shoutin A-men
G D C
Cause there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do
G D
I spent most of my life wrapped up tight
C F C G
In somebody else’s hand-me-down old shoes
D C
Starting today I’m someone I’d be proud to know
Am C
You might tell me where to go
G D G
But there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do
Em C
We buried daddy just last week at the church that saved his soul
Em C
Man he dreamed of pilot’s wings spent his whole life digging coal
G C
I got a guitar up under my bed, but I’ve been to scared to fly
Em D
That’s enough of that stuff I’m packing up my trunk
C
You can just kiss my butt good bye
G D C
Cause there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do
G D
I spent most of my life wrapped up tight
C F C G
In somebody else’s hand-me-down old shoes
D C
Starting today I’m someone I’d be proud to know
Am C
You might tell me where to go
G D G
But there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do
Ponte: Em C Em C D
G D C
Cause there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do
G D
I spent most of my life wrapped up tight
C F C G
In somebody else’s hand-me-down old shoes
D C
Starting today I’m someone I’d be proud to know
Am C
You might tell me where to go
G D G
But there ain’t nobody gonna tell me what to do
G C
I walked down stairs and told’em I was leaving Bethlehem