About Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness
Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness is a trad jazz tune in B♭ major — intermediate, running from F to e♭ and staying in first position on banjo, mandolin and fiddle.
- Type
- Jazz tune
- Key
- B♭ major · 4/4
- Range
- F to e♭ · first position
- Notes used
- C C♯ D E♭ F G A B♭ B
- Level
- Intermediate
Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness — sheet music
B♭ major · 4/4
The notes
Letter names, bar by bar · capitals up to C in the third space, lower case from the D on the 4th line
d C♯ d B♭ C♯ B C♯ A | B♭ A B♭ d A | G A B A G | C d e♭ d e♭ C d C♯ d B | C d C B♭ G | C B C d C B♭ G | B♭ A C♯ d d | C d C d | C B♭ B♭ | B♭ C B♭ C B♭ G G G | G A G F | B♭
Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness — tab
Tenor banjo · mandolin · fiddle · guitar · ukulele — tap one to open it
Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness — Tenor banjo tab
G D A E (Irish tuning) · open position
E|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----| A|-5-4-5-1-4-2-4-0-|-1-0-1-5-0-|---0-2-0---|-3-5-| D|-----------------|-----------|-5-------5-|-----| G|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----|
E|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----| A|-6-5-6-3-5-4-5-2-|-3-5-3-1---|-3-2-3-5-3-1---|-1-0-| D|-----------------|---------5-|-------------5-|-----| G|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----|
E|-------|---------|-------|---------| A|-4-5-5-|-3-5-3-5-|-3-1-1-|-1-3-1-3-| D|-------|---------|-------|---------| G|-------|---------|-------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---| A|-1-------|---0-----|-1-| D|---5-5-5-|-5---5-3-|---| G|---------|---------|---|
Numbers are frets. Tenor banjo sounds an octave below the written notes.
Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness — Mandolin tab
G D A E · open position
E|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----| A|-5-4-5-1-4-2-4-0-|-1-0-1-5-0-|---0-2-0---|-3-5-| D|-----------------|-----------|-5-------5-|-----| G|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----|
E|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----| A|-6-5-6-3-5-4-5-2-|-3-5-3-1---|-3-2-3-5-3-1---|-1-0-| D|-----------------|---------5-|-------------5-|-----| G|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----|
E|-------|---------|-------|---------| A|-4-5-5-|-3-5-3-5-|-3-1-1-|-1-3-1-3-| D|-------|---------|-------|---------| G|-------|---------|-------|---------|
E|---------|---------|---| A|-1-------|---0-----|-1-| D|---5-5-5-|-5---5-3-|---| G|---------|---------|---|
Numbers are frets. Same strings as the fiddle, so the same notes fall in the same places.
Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness — fiddle fingering
G D A E · first position — finger numbers
E|------------------|-------------|-----------|------| A|-3-2-3-L1-2-1-2-0-|-L1-0-L1-3-0-|---0-1-0---|-L2-3-| D|------------------|-------------|-3-------3-|------| G|------------------|-------------|-----------|------|
E|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|------| A|-H3-3-H3-L2-3-2-3-1-|-L2-3-L2-L1---|-L2-1-L2-3-L2-L1---|-L1-0-| D|--------------------|------------3-|-----------------3-|------| G|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|------|
E|-------|-----------|----------|-------------| A|-2-3-3-|-L2-3-L2-3-|-L2-L1-L1-|-L1-L2-L1-L2-| D|-------|-----------|----------|-------------| G|-------|-----------|----------|-------------|
E|----------|----------|----| A|-L1-------|---0------|-L1-| D|----3-3-3-|-3---3-L2-|----| G|----------|----------|----|
0 = open string · 1–4 = finger · L = low (half step back), H = high.
Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness — Guitar tab
E A D G B E · open position
e|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----| B|-3-2-3---2-0-2---|-------3---|-----0-----|-1-3-| G|-------3-------2-|-3-2-3---2-|-0-2---2-0-|-----| D|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----| A|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----| E|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----|
e|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----| B|-4-3-4-1-3-2-3-0-|-1-3-1-----|-1-0-1-3-1-----|-----| G|-----------------|-------3-0-|-----------3-0-|-3-2-| D|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----| A|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----| E|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----|
e|-------|---------|-------|---------| B|-2-3-3-|-1-3-1-3-|-1-----|---1---1-| G|-------|---------|---3-3-|-3---3---| D|-------|---------|-------|---------| A|-------|---------|-------|---------| E|-------|---------|-------|---------|
e|---------|---------|---| B|---------|---------|---| G|-3-0-0-0-|-0-2-0---|-3-| D|---------|-------3-|---| A|---------|---------|---| E|---------|---------|---|
Numbers are frets; the bottom line is the low E string.
Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness — Ukulele tab
G C E A (high G) · open position
A|-5-4-5-1-4-2-4-0-|-1-0-1-5-0-|---0-2-0---|-3-5-| E|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----| C|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----| G|-----------------|-----------|-0-------0-|-----|
A|-6-5-6-3-5-4-5-2-|-3-5-3-1---|-3-2-3-5-3-1---|-1-0-| E|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----| C|-----------------|-----------|---------------|-----| G|-----------------|---------0-|-------------0-|-----|
A|-4-5-5-|-3-5-3-5-|-3-1-1-|-1-3-1-3-| E|-------|---------|-------|---------| C|-------|---------|-------|---------| G|-------|---------|-------|---------|
A|-1-------|---0-----|-1-| E|---------|-------1-|---| C|---------|---------|---| G|---0-0-0-|-0---0---|---|
Numbers are frets; the top line is the A string, the bottom line the high G.
Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness chords
B♭ major · 19 chords: B♭, D7, Gm, G7, Dm7, Cm, Cm/E♭, C/E, C7, G♭6, F7, B♭dim, B♭7/F, E♭, Edim, B♭/F, Gm7, D♭dim, Cm7
One box per bar, in the same order as the sheet music. A faded chord carries on from the bar before. A slash chord like Cm/E♭ means play Cm with E♭ as the lowest note.
Guitar chords for Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness
Strings E A D G B E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Ukulele chords for Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness
Strings G C E A, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
Tenor banjo & mandolin chords for Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness
Strings G D A E, low to high · o = open string, × = don't play it
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This melody comes from The Public Domain Song Anthology (David Berger & Chuck Israels), released CC0. The song is in the public domain. Tabs and letter names worked out by The Music Arcade.