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