Intro: G C  (12x) 

verse 1: 
  G                    D 
A long time ago, in 1965 or so 
        Am                        Em 
I met a man with a face, it was a real disgrace 
G                                  D 
Pictures he took and put them in a little book 
     Am                             D 
So ambitious was he, he even took a picture of me 


verse 2: 
G                            D 
Then one day, he opened up a studio (start recording now) 
            Am                      Em 
He tried to make it pay, making hit records, you know 
       G                           D 
And he asked me along, write him a little song 
          Am                          D 
I got the studio free, just sign this paper for me 


[Refrão]

          C            D       G            Em       C 
You got to__ take good care of business, my friend 
          D           G 
Take good care of yourself 
          C            D       G            Em 
You got to__ take good care of business, my friend 
C                D             G 
Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf  (oh yeah) 


verse 3: 
                  D 
Later on, after I wrote that song 
     Am                    Em 
Even heard it played up on Radio One (Radio One) 
G                        D 
Manager said, "Money all gone away 
    Am                                 D 
You spent it, you see, up and down the country" 


[Refrão]

          C            D       G            Em       C 
You got to__ take good care of business, my friend 
          D           G 
Take good care of yourself 
          C            D       G            Em 
You got to__ take good care of business, my friend 
C                D             G 
Otherwise you'll end up on the shelf 


verse 4: 
                                       D 
Well, I started to say, "I mean, we've got to play 
          Am                   Em 
What else can we do? We're not clever like you" 
G                            D 
Then, said he, "You know how I am fair 
        Am                       D 
You can sign to the company for another ten year" 


[Refrão]
 
              C               D       G         Em     C 
You've got to take, take good care of business, boys 
          D           G 
Take good care of yourself 
              C               D       G         Em  
You've got to take, take good care of business, boys 
C                      D              G C G C G C G D G 
Otherwise you're gonna end up on that shelf________