{"id":29638,"date":"2026-01-17T23:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/?p=29638"},"modified":"2026-05-17T15:20:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T15:20:24","slug":"takin-care-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tutavo.com\/songs\/takin-care-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Takin Care of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"
Takin' Care of Business chords\r\nBachman-Turner Overdrive  1974 (BTO)\r\n \r\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Takin%27_Care_of_Business_(song)\r\n \r\nC<\/span> Bb<\/span> F<\/span>  5x *\r\n \r\n    C<\/span>            C7<\/span>\r\nYou get up every morning,\r\n           Bb<\/span>\r\nfrom your alarm clock's warning,\r\n         F<\/span>             C<\/span>\r\ntake the 8:15 into the city\r\n                      C7<\/span>\r\nThere's a whistle up above,\r\n           Bb<\/span>              F<\/span>\r\nand people pushing, people shoving,\r\n        C<\/span>         F<\/span>           C<\/span>\r\nand the girls who try to look pretty\r\n \r\n                       C7<\/span>\r\nAnd if your train's on time,\r\n\r\n        Bb<\/span>             F<\/span>\r\nyou can get to work by nine,\r\n                       Bb<\/span>              C<\/span>\r\nand start your slaving job to get your pay\r\n                C7<\/span>\r\nIf you ever get annoyed,\r\n        Bb<\/span>            F<\/span>\r\nlook at me I'm self-employed,\r\n  C<\/span>               F<\/span>           C<\/span>\r\nI love to work at nothing all day\r\n \r\n \r\nAnd I'll be...\r\nC<\/span>                        Bb<\/span>\r\nTaking care of business, every day\r\nC<\/span>                        Bb<\/span>\r\nTaking care of business, every way\r\n          C<\/span>                        Bb<\/span>\r\nI've been taking care of business, it's all mine,\r\nC<\/span>                            Bb<\/span>\r\ntaking care of business, and working overtime\r\n \r\nWork out!\r\n \r\nC Bb F\r\n \r\n           C       C7\r\nIf it were easy as fishing,\r\n          Bb       F\r\nyou could be a musician,\r\n             Bb                  C\r\nif you could make sounds loud or mellow\r\n                     C7\r\nGet a second-hand guitar,\r\n            Bb        F\r\nchances are you'll go far,\r\n       C               F              C\r\nif you get in with the right bunch of fellows\r\n \r\n                      C7\r\nPeople see you having fun,\r\n       Bb           F\r\njust a-lying in the sun,\r\n                   Bb           C\r\ntell them that you like it this way\r\n                       C7\r\nIt's the work that we avoid,\r\n          Bb       F\r\nand we're all self-employed,\r\n   C               F           C\r\nwe love to work at nothing all day\r\n \r\n \r\nAnd we be...\r\nC                        Bb\r\nTaking care of business, every day\r\nC                        Bb\r\nTaking care of business, every way\r\n           C                        Bb\r\nWe've been taking care of business, it's all mine,\r\nC                            Bb\r\ntaking care of business, and working overtime\r\n \r\nC Bb F\r\n \r\n(Spoken) Take good care of my business\r\n \r\nC Bb  4x\r\n \r\nWhen I'm away, every day whoo!\r\n \r\n    C            C7\r\nYou get up every morning,\r\n           Bb\r\nfrom your alarm clock's warning,\r\n         F             C\r\ntake the 8:15 into the city\r\n                      C7\r\nThere's a whistle up above,\r\n           Bb              F\r\nand people pushing, people shoving,\r\n        C         F           C\r\nand the girls who try to look pretty\r\n \r\n                       C7\r\nAnd if your train's on time,\r\n        Bb             F\r\nyou can get to work by nine,\r\n                       Bb              C\r\nand start your slaving job to get your pay\r\n                C7\r\nIf you ever get annoyed,\r\n        Bb            F\r\nlook at me I'm self-employed,\r\n  C               F           C\r\nI love to work at nothing all day\r\n \r\n \r\nAnd I ll be\r\nC                        Bb\r\nTaking care of business, every day\r\nC                        Bb\r\nTaking care of business, every way\r\n          C                        Bb\r\nI've been taking care of business, it's all mine,\r\nC                           Bb\r\ntaking care of business and working overtime\r\n \r\nC\r\nTaking care of business  4x\r\n \r\nC                       Bb\r\nTaking care of business every day\r\nC                       Bb\r\nTaking care of business every way\r\n          C                        Bb\r\nI've been taking care of business, it's all mine,\r\nC                           Bb\r\ntaking care of business and working overtime  2x\r\n \r\n* Alternate:\r\n \r\nCapo III\r\n \r\nC  = A\r\nC7 = A7\r\nBb = G\r\nF  = D\r\n \r\nSet8<\/pre>\n
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Bachman Turner Overdrive<\/p>\n
Chords provided by Moselele<\/a><\/p>\n
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]<\/p>\n
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]<\/p>\n
[C] You get up every morning from [Bb] alarm clock’s warning<\/p>\n
Take the [F] 8:15 into the [C] city<\/p>\n
There’s a [C] whistle up above and people [Bb] pushing, people shoving<\/p>\n
And the [F] girls who try to look [C] pretty<\/p>\n
And if your [C] train’s on time, you can [Bb] get to work by nine<\/p>\n
And [F] start your slavin’ jobs and get your [C] pay<\/p>\n
If you [C] ever get annoyed, look at [Bb] me, I’m self-employed<\/p>\n
I [F] love to work at nothing all [C] day<\/p>\n
And I’ve been [C] takin’ care of business, [Bb] every day<\/p>\n
[F] Takin’ care of business, [C] every way<\/p>\n
I’ve been [C] takin’ care of business, [Bb] it’s all mine<\/p>\n
[F] Takin’ care of business and [C] working overtime, work out<\/p>\n
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]<\/p>\n
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]<\/p>\n
If it were [C] easy as fishing, you could [Bb] be a musician<\/p>\n
If you [F] could make sounds loud or [C] mellow<\/p>\n
Get a [C] secondhand guitar, chances [Bb] are you’ll go far<\/p>\n
If you [F] get in with the right bunch of [C] fellows<\/p>\n
People [C] see you having fun just a-[Bb]-lying in the sun<\/p>\n
You [F] tell them that you like it this [C] way<\/p>\n
It’s the [C] work that we avoid and we’re [Bb] all self-employed<\/p>\n
We [F] love to work at nothing all [C] day<\/p>\n
And we’ve been [C] takin’ care of business, [Bb] every day<\/p>\n
[F] Takin’ care of business, [C] every way<\/p>\n
We’ve been [C] takin’ care of business, [Bb] it’s all mine<\/p>\n
[F] Takin’ care of business and [C] working overtime[C] [Bb] [F] [C]<\/p>\n
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]<\/p>\n
[C*] [*] [*] [*]<\/p>\n
[C]-[F]\/\/\/\/ [Eb]-[Bb]\/\/\/\/ [C]-[F] \/\/\/\/ [Eb]-[Bb]\/\/\/\/ (Take good care)<\/p>\n
[C]-[F]\/\/\/\/ [Eb]-[Bb]\/\/\/\/ [C]-[F] \/\/\/\/ [Eb]-[Bb]\/\/\/\/<\/p>\n
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]<\/p>\n
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]<\/p>\n
You [C] get up every morning from [Bb] alarm clock’s warning<\/p>\n
Take the [F] 8:15 into the [C] city<\/p>\n
There’s a [C] whistle up above and people [Bb] pushing, people shoving<\/p>\n
And the [F] girls who try to look [C] pretty<\/p>\n
And if your [C] train’s on time, you can [Bb] get to work by nine<\/p>\n
And [F] start your slavin’ jobs and get your [C] pay<\/p>\n
If you [C] ever get annoyed, look at [Bb] me, I’m self-employed<\/p>\n
I [F] love to work at nothing all [C] day<\/p>\n
And I’ve been [C] takin’ care of business, [Bb] every day<\/p>\n
[F] Takin’ care of business, [C] every way<\/p>\n
I’ve been [C] takin’ care of business, [Bb] it’s all mine<\/p>\n
[F] Takin’ care of business and [C] working overtime, work out.<\/p>\n
[*][*][*][*]<\/p>\n
[*] Takin’ care of business, whoo<\/p>\n
[*] Takin’ care of business<\/p>\n
[*] Takin’ care of business,<\/p>\n
[*] Takin’ care of business<\/p>\n
[C*] Takin’ care of business, [Bb*] every day<\/p>\n
[F*] Takin’ care of business, [C*] every way<\/p>\n
[C*] Takin’ care of business, [Bb*] it’s all mine<\/p>\n
[F*] Takin’ care of business, [C] working overtime<\/p>\n
[C] Takin’ care of business [Bb]<\/p>\n
[F] Takin’ care of business [C]<\/p>\n
We’ve been [C] takin’ care of business [Bb]<\/p>\n
We’ve been [F] takin’ care of business, [C]<\/p>\n
[C] Takin’ care of business [Bb]<\/p>\n
[F]Takin’ care of business [C]<\/p>\n
[C*] Takin’ care of business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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