...IT'S MY PREROGATIVE... by Bobby Brown
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*from 'Don't Be Cruel' (1988)*
Chorus 1:
Am
Everybody's talking,
Ab/Am
All this stuff about me,
Am E7
Why don't they just let me live?
Am
I don't need permission,
Ab/Am
Make my own decisions,
Am E7
That's my preroga-tive.
Verse 1:
Am
They say I'm crazy,
Ab/Am
I really don't care,
Am E7
That's my preroga-tive.
Am
They say I'm nasty,
Ab/Am
But I don't give a damn,
Am E7
Gettin' girls is how I live.
Am
Some ask me questions,
Ab/Am
Why am I so real?
Am
But they don't understand me;
E7
I really don't know the deal.
Am
About a brother,
Ab/Am
Trying hard to make it right,
Am
Not long ago before,
E7
I won this fight, sing;
Chorus 2:
Am
Everybody's talking,
Ab/Am
All this stuff about me,
Am E7
Why don't they just let me live?
Am
I don't need permission,
Ab/Am
Make my own decisions,
Am E7
That's my preroga-tive.
Bridge 1:
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
Ab/Am
It's the way that I wanna live.
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
E7
I can do just what I feel.
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
Ab/Am
No one can tell me what to do.
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
E7
'Cos what I'm doin',
I'm doin' for you uh.
Verse 2:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bobby_brown/its_my_prerogatuve_crd.html ]
Am
Don't get me wrong,
Ab/Am
I'm really not zooped,
Am E7
Ego trips is not my thing.
Am
All these strange relationships,
Ab/Am
Really gets me down,
Am
I see nothin wrong with,
E7
Spreading myself around, sing;
Chorus 3:
Am
Everybody's talking,
Ab/Am
All this stuff about me,
Am E7
Why don't they just let me live?
Am
I don't need permission,
Ab/Am
Make my own decisions,
Am E7
That's my preroga-tive.
Bridge 2:
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
Ab/Am
It's the way that I wanna live.
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
E7
I can do just what I feel.
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
Ab/Am
No one can tell me what to do.
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
E7
'Cos what I'm doin',
I'm doin' for you uh.
Tell me...
Middle 8:
Dm7 Em7
Why...can't I...
Am
Live my life?
Dm7
Without all...
Em7
Of the things...
Am
That people say?
(Ooh).
Chorus 4:
Am
Everybody's talking,
Ab/Am
All this stuff about me,
Am E7
Why don't they just let me live?
Am
I don't need permission,
Ab/Am
Make my own decisions,
Am E7
That's my preroga-tive.
Bridge 3:
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
Ab/Am
It's the way that I wanna live.
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
E7
I can do just what I feel.
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
Ab/Am
No one can tell me what to do.
Am
It's my pre-rogative,
E7
'Cos what I'm doin',
I'm doin' for you...
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2005
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
