John Rich - 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