TAIN T NOBODYS BIZNESS - Free Jazz Leadsheet

’Tain’t Nobody’s Biz‑ness If I Do, composed by Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins and published in 1922, is a seminal blues song that helped define the genre in the early 20th century.

Originally recorded in New York City on October 19, 1922 by Anna Meyers with the Original Memphis Five and released later that year. The song became one of the first blues standards, with subsequent recordings by artists such as Bessie Smith (April 26, 1923) and later a major revival by Jimmy Witherspoon in 1947 under the title "Ain’t Nobody’s Business," which became a best‑selling R&B record in 1949.

The lyrical theme centers around freedom of personal choice (“Tain’t nobody’s biz‑ness if I do”) and in its early recordings, the structure features an extended sixteen‑bar intro followed by eight‑bar verses.