It's Your Thing:The Isley Brothers.
#2 R&B and #1 on BB Hot 100 on T-NECK
Records in 1969.
INTRO: F Bb F Eb..Bb F Eb
CHORUS:
Eb F Bb F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
F Dm7
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
Dm7 F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
Fm7 F
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
#1.
Dm7 F
If you want me to love you, maybe I will.
F
Believe me woman, it ain't no big deal.
F
You need love now, just as bad as I do.
F
Make's me no difference now, who you give
your thing to.
CHORUS:
F Bb F Ab
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
Fm7 Bb F Dm7
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
Dm7 F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
F
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
INTERLUDE: D F (x6) (Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!
(Alright! Lord, have mercy!!)
CHORUS:
Eb Bb F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
F Bb F
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
Ab F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
F Bb F Dm7
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
#2.
F
I'm not trying to run your life, I know you wanna,
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do what's right.
F
Give your love, girl, to whoever you choose.
F
How can you lose, with the stuff you use, now?
CHORUS:
F Bb F Ab
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
Fm Bb F Dm7
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
Dm7 F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
Fm7 Bb F
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
INTERLUDE: D F (Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!
(Alright! Lord, have mercy!!)
CHORUS:
Eb Bb F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
F Bb F
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
Ab F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
F Bb F Dm7
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
#3.
F
I'm not trying to run your life, I know you wanna,
do what's right.
F
Give your love, girl, to whoever you choose.
F
How can you lose, with the stuff you use, now?
CHORUS:
F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
F Bb F Dm7
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
Dm7 F Dm7
It's your thing, do what you wanna do.
F Bb F Dm7
I can't tell you, who to sock it to.
OUTRO:
F Bb F Dm7
It's my thing, I do what I wanna do.
F
I can't tell you..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.