Somethin' For Nothin'

Capo: 2nd fret

[Intro--Fiddle]
 
E A B7 E/F#
A B7 E E
 
[Verse 1]
E
I've always been a generous man
E                         B7
Give you the shirt off my back
    A
I'd loan you my toolbox
   E
My good fishin pole
E
I'd give you a ride in my old Cadillac
E
But there's only so far my patience will go
E                          A
There's only so much I can stand
A             B7
Of these lazy free loaders
    E
And soft tippy-toe-ers
     B7                             E
Want somethin just to fall in their hands
 
 
E A B7 E/F# B
 
[Chorus]
E
Everybody wants somethin for nothin
E
Somethin for nothin from me
      A
Every time that my phone rings
     E            F#
It's just another dina-a-ling
        A            B7          E
Wanting somethin for nothin from me
 
[Instrumental Break]
E A/B7 E/F# A B7 E B7
 
[Verse 2]
E
Do unto others as you'd have them do
E                            B7
That's how the old good book reads
    A            B7     E
But lately their wantin more than I'm givin
               B7        E
And lately I'm giving em more than they need
E
Hey I've saved a while
E
Bailed my brother out of jail
E                                 A
Kept a forest from gettin chopped down
   A                           E
So I think it's funny how when I need somebody
        B7            E
There's never nobody around
 
[Chorus]
B7   E
Everybody wants somethin for nothin
E
Somethin for nothin from me
      A            B7
Every time that my phone rings
     E            F#
It's just another dina-a-ling
        A            B7          E
Wanting somethin for nothin from me
 
[Instrumental break--Fiddle, Pedal Steel]
E  E  E  E
E  E  B7 E
F# F# E  E
E  B7 E  E
 
[Chorus]
A
Welllllllll
A                    B7
Every time the phone rings
E            F#
Just another dina-a-ling a-ling a-ling
      A            B7          E     F#
Wants somethin for nothin from me-ee-ee
                   B7           E
Wants somethin for nothing from me
 
[Outro-Fiddle and Pedal Steel]
E E B7 E F# A B7 E B7 E E E E
Slower after last A-ritardando