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If You Ain’t Got Nothin’ (You Ain’t Got Nothin’ To Lose)

By Bobby Bare

Chorus:

E

Well if you ain’t got nothin’, you ain’t got nothin’ to lose

B

There ain’t no pleasure in singin’ these low down blues

E A

Smokin’ that get down and bummin’ them Red Man chews

E B E

If you ain’t got nothin’, you ain’t got nothin’ to lose

Daddy was a freeloader workin’ for the railroad line

I grew up listenin’ to “Brother, can you spare me a dime”

The oil situation and the world’s inflation and the bomb would be bad news

But when you ain’t got nothin’, you ain’t got nothin’ to lose

Chorus

I used to work my fingers to the bone

I had everything that me and the bank could own

But a sweaty blue collar and a deflated dollar ain’t no way to pay your dues

But if you ain’t got nothin’, you ain’t got nothin’ to lose