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 Californiyay
             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)

Abm        E     B


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