Ain't Got No, I Got Life
James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot / Nina Simone: 'Nuff Said (1968)
| |: | B | B | G | A | G | E | D | E | :| | Em | |
| Em | G | |
| I ain't got no | home, ain't got no | shoes; |
| Em | G | |
| Ain't got no | money, ain't got no | class; |
| D | Bm7 | |
| Ain't got no | skirts, ain't got no | sweater; |
| Em | C | D | G | C | G | |
| Ain't got no | perfume, ain't got no | bed | - Ain't | got | no | mind, |
| Em | G | |
| Ain't got no | mother, ain't got no | culture; |
| Em | G | |
| Ain't got no | friends, ain't got no | schoolin'; |
| D | Bm7 | |
| Ain't got no | love, ain't got no | name; |
| Em | C | D | G | C | G | |
| Ain't got no | ticket, ain't got no | token | - Ain't got no | god |
| C | Am | |
| And what have I got? - | Why am I alive anyway? |
| Am | D7 | |
| Yeah, what have I got? - | Nobody can take away? |
| G | C | G | C | |
| Got my | hair, got my | head, Got my | brains, got my | ears, |
| G | D | Am | D | |
| Got my | eyes, got my nose, got my | mouth - I got my | smile. |
| G | C | G | C | |
| I got my | tongue, | got my chin, Got my | neck, got my | boobies, |
| G | D | Am | D | |
| Got my | heart, got my soul, got my | back - I got my | sex. |
| Em | Bm | Em | Bm | |
| I got my | arms, got my | hands, got my | fingers, got my | legs, |
| Em | Bm | Am | D | G | |
| got my | feet, got my | toes, got my | liver; | - Got my | blood. |
Outro
| Am | C | D | G | C | G | C | |
| I've got | life, - I've got my | free | dom. I've got | life. |
| I've got life, and I am gonna keep it. |
| G | |
| I've got life, and nobody's gonna take it away. I've got | life! |