Lindisfarne - Taking care of business

A ^Glong time ago, in 196^D5 or so I met a ^Amman with a face, it was a ^Emreal disgrace ^GPictures he took and put them in a ^Dlittle book So am^Ambitious was he, he even took a ^Dpicture of me

^GThen one day, he opened up a ^Dstudio (start recording now) He tried to ^Ammake it pay, making hit ^Emrecords, you know And he ^Gasked me along, write him a ^Dlittle song I got the ^Amstudio free, just sign this ^Dpaper for me

You got to^C__ take good ^Dcare of ^Gbusiness, my ^Emfriend ^C Take good ^Dcare of your^Gself You got to^C__ take good ^Dcare of ^Gbusiness, my ^Emfriend ^COtherwise you'll ^Dend up on the ^Gshelf (oh yeah)

Later on, after I ^Dwrote that song Even ^Amheard it played up on ^EmRadio One (Radio One) ^GManager said, "Money all ^Dgone away You ^Amspent it, you see, up and down the ^Dcountry"

You got to^C__ take good ^Dcare of ^Gbusiness, my ^Emfriend ^C Take good ^Dcare of your^Gself You got to^C__ take good ^Dcare of ^Gbusiness, my ^Emfriend ^COtherwise you'll ^Dend up on the ^Gshelf

Well, I started to say, "I mean, we've ^Dgot to play What else ^Amcan we do? We're not ^Emclever like you" ^GThen, said he, "You know how ^DI am fair You can ^Amsign to the company for a^Dnother ten year"

You've got to ^Ctake, take good ^Dcare of ^Gbusiness, ^Emboys ^C Take good ^Dcare of your^Gself You've got to ^Ctake, take good ^Dcare of ^Gbusiness, ^Emboys ^COtherwise you're gonna ^Dend up on that ^Gsh^Cel^Gf_^C__^G__^C__^G_ ^{D G}