Level: 2
Tuning: Standard

Recorded in 1928, Frank Stokes' "Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do (part 1-2)" is a straightforward C, F, G piece. Nearly all the melody notes are pinched along with the bass notes making this a perfect intro to fingerpicking. The use of hammer-ons is used throughout, making this a step up to Franks "Take Me Back." "Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do" was a popular tune first recorded in 1922, more notably by Bessie Smith in 1923. Both John Hurt and Stokes recorded the tune in 1928, John Hurt's "Nobody's Business" is very much the same tune but recorded a few months prior to Franks and shows the evolution of the piece from a slow blues to an uptempo piece, the lyrics were also changed from the 1922 original.