Intro: E A (strummed) Do what I want, do what I want (x2) E A Do what I want, do what I want (x2) E A I'm a real live hobo, I prefer my life on the rails E A I keep a coin in my pocket, my only friend is head or tails E A I had a wife and a family I let them fend on their own E A You only count on yourself, hope they appreciate what they've been shown C#m Sometimes I flip the coin E Oh yeah I flip the coin C#m Oh I flip the coin E Ya I flip the coin E A Do what I want, do what I want (x2) E A I hopped the Union Pacific headed to Cliforniyay E A I rubbed the coin in my pocket and wondered just what they'd say E A I was met with open arms, warm bed, and fam was back in my lap E A She said "don't leave us again for that drink you use as a map" C#m But then I flipped the coin E Oh yeah I flipped the coin C#m Oh yeah I flipped the coin E Ya I flipped the coin E A Do what I want, do what I want (x2) E A Sometimes a man gets an itch to take a nip off a scotch or rye E A With every sip there's a flip, fates been chosen no need to try E A I love sleeping under stars watching woods and worlds zooming by E A My life's the flip of the coin, it's the freest way to live and die C#m Because I flipped the coin E Oh yeah I flipped the coin C#m Oh yeah I flipped the coin E Ya I flipped the coin Bridge: Abm E (x3) AEB E A Do what I want, do what I want (x4) E A I do what I want, yes I do, I do what I want E A I could have anything, but I prefer nothing E I don't need a house, I don't need a hug A I don't need stuff, I don't need love E A I don't need things, I don't need books, I don't need you E I do what I want