If You Ain't Got Nothing Song Lyrics and Chords by Bobby Bare
If You Ain't Got Nothing
Recorded by Bobby Bare
Written by
Red Lane and Dan Wilson
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Well if you ain't got nothing you ain't got nothing to lose
There ain't no pleasure in singing these low dow
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n
blues
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Smoking that get down and bumming them Red Man
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chews
If you
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ain't got nothing yo
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u ain't got nothing
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to
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Daddy was a freeloader working for the railroad
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line
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grew up listening to brother can you spare me a
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dime
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oil situation and the world's inflation and the bomb would be ba
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news
But when you
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ain't got nothing yo
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u ain't got nothing
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I used to work my fingers to the
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bone
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had everything that me and the bank could
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own
But
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a sweaty blue collar and a deflated dollar ain't no way to pay you
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r
dues
But if you
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ain't got nothing yo
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u ain't got nothing
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FAQ
Who sang the the song If You Ain't Got Nothing?
- The song If You Ain't Got Nothing was sang by Bobby Bare.
Who is Bobby Bare?
- Robert Joseph Bare Sr. (born April 7, 1935) is an American country music singer and songwriter, best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.
