Taking Care Of Business - BTO
0-B B4 B4-B  0-A A4 A4-A 0-E E4(022200) E4-E 0-B B4 B4-B (x2)
0-B B3||||| A A A/F# A/E A/F#  0-E E2||||-|  0-B-B B/E B
B B/E BB B3||||| A A A/F# A/E A/F#  0-E E2||||-|  0-B-B B/E B

{Verse1:
B      B        B4     B4-B           A    A      A4      A4-A
They get up every mornin' from the alarm clock's warnin'
         E   E E4 E4-E B      B  B4  B4-B
Take the 8:15 into the city
            B B        B4  B4 - B           A  A          A4      A4-A
There's a whistle up above and people pushin', people shovin'
                        E           E7 E7    B        B4     B4-B
And there's the girls who try to look pretty
                  B       B4 B4-B           A       A4       A4-A
And if your trains on time you can get to work by nine
                       E7             E7             B     B4 B4-B
And start your stinkin' job to get your pay
    B   B      B4    B4-B          A  A        A4       A4-A        
If you ever get annoyed, look at me I'm self employed,
0 E         E              E         B     B4 B4-B
I love to work at nothin' all day                }

{Refrain:           B             B     AA        AAAA
And I'll be takin' care of business . . . everyday
E        E         EE      BBB   B  B
Takin' care business . . . every way
B  B  BBBB        BBBB      AAA   A AAAA
I'll be takin' care of business . . . it's all mine
E        E              EE    B     B   B       B B B
Takin' care of business and workin' overtime work out }



 

0-B B3||||| A A A/F# A/E A/F#  0-E E2||||-|  0-B-B B/E B
B B/E BB B3||||| A A A/F# A/E A/F#  0-E E2||||-|  0-B-B B/E B

      B  B    B4 B4-B         A   A     A4 A4-A
It's as easy as fishing, you can be a musician
E   E            E4     E4-E          B  B        B4  B4-B
If you could make sounds sort of mellow
      B B         B4   B4 - B        A  A            A4  A4-A
Get a second hand guitar, chances are you'll go far
          E                   E7    E7         B        B4  B4-B
If you get in with the right bunch of fellows
            B          B4    B4-B        A   A4     A4-A
People see you having fun just a lyin' in the sun
E7             E7                      B    B4 B4-B
Tell them that you like it this way
      B   B             B4  B4-B       A      A  A4      A4-A 
It's the work that we avoid, hey we're all self employed
0    E          E          E              B    B4 B4-B
We love to work at nothing all day

[REFRAIN]

B-B-E2-E2-E2 - - D2-D2-A-A-A (x2)
         B  -  B-E2-E2-E2  D2-D2-A-A-A
Take good care . . . . . of my business
           B  -  B-E2-E2-E2  D2-D2-A-A-A
When I'm away . . . . . . . . everyday

0-B B3||||| A A A/F# A/E A/F#  0-E E2||||-|  0-B-B B/E B
B B/E BB B3||||| A A A/F# A/E A/F#  0-E E2||||-|  0-B-B B/E B

[VERSE1]  [REFRAIN]


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JC Setlist || Tunelist

Original is in C,
also they are playing a 7th in almost every chord somewhere

BTO - Taking Care Of Business (YT)

BTO - Taking Care Of Business 1974 (YT)

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