VERSE 1:
You
[D] get up every morning, from
[C] your alarm clock's warning
Take the
[G] 8:15 into the
[D] city
There's a
[D] whistle up above, and people
[C] pushin', people shovin'
And the
[G] girls who try to look
[D] pretty
VERSE 2:
And if your
[D] train's on time, you can
[C] get to work by nine
And
[G] start your slaving job to get your
[D] pay
If you
[D] ever get annoyed, look at
[C] me I'm self-employed
I
[G] love to work at nothing all
[D] day
CHORUS:
And I'll be
[D] taking care of business,
[C] every day
[G] taking care of business,
[D] every way
I've been
[D] taking care of business,
[C] it's all mine
[G] taking care of business, and
[D] working overtime
INSTRUMENTAL:
VERSE 3:
If it were
[D] easy as fishin', you could
[C] be a musician
If you
[G] could make sounds loud or
[D] mellow
Get a
[D] second-hand guitar, chances
[C] are you'll go far
If you
[G] get in with the right bunch of
[D] fellows
VERSE 4:
People
[D] see you having fun, just a
[C] lying in the sun
[G] Tell them that you like it this
[D] way
It's the
[D] work that we avoid, and we're
[C] all self-employed
We
[G] love to work at nothing all
[D] day
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL:
REPEAT VERSE 1:
REPEAT CHORUS:
OUTRO:
[D] Takin' care of business,
[C] [G] takin' care of busi-
[D]-ness
