Something for Nothing

Composers: Keith Richards & Steve Jordan
Recording date: Between April 2011 and 2014
Recording location: Germano Studios, One East Recording & Brooklyn Recording, New York City, USA
Producers: Keith Richards & Steve Jordan               Chief engineer: Dave O'Donnell
Mixers: Dave O'Donnell, Keith Richards & Steve Jordan


Line-up:

Drums: Steve Jordan
Bass: Keith Richards
Acoustic guitars: Keith Richards 
Electric guitars: Keith Richards & Waddy Wachtel (solo)
Pedal steel guitar: Larry Campbell
Lead vocals: Keith Richards 
Background vocals: Steve Jordan & Harlem Gospel Choir
Piano: Keith Richards & Charles Hodges
Hammond organ: Charles Hodges
Handclaps: Keith Richards & Steve Jordan


We can figure the odds, we can pray to the gods  (something for nothing)
You can shuffle the deck until you're a wreck  (something for nothing)

Money they don't make anymore, at least
Not around me
Might as well beg from the poor
Pitiful me, pitiful me, yeah

This is the game, the rules never change  (something for nothing)
It's just a roll of the dice that put you on ice  (something for nothing)

Money, they don't make anymore
Not around me
Might as well beg from the poor
Poor, poor, pitiful me, pitiful me, yeah - poor pitiful me

Give a break, I'm losing my stake  (something for nothing)
Leave me alone, I'm stripped to the bone  (something for nothing)

Money, they don't make anymore
Not around me
Might as well beg from the poor
Pitiful me, poor, pitiful me, pitiful me - oh yeah

Something for nothing, yeah, yeah
(...) the game  (something for nothing)
Oh mm  (something for nothing)
(Something for nothing)
(Something for nothing)
(Something for nothing, oh)
(Something for nothing, yeah)
(Something for nothing, yeah yeah)
(Something for nothing)
(Something for nothing)
(Something for nothing)


 

TrackTalk

Something for Nothing, it was the first track we recorded but it was actually the last track that we finished. For some reason, Steve and I we were just like "Well, what's it about?"(laughs) You know, I mean, until finally I got it in the last few days - I said "It's got to be about gambling" (laughs). You know, "something for nothing"... So then it became easy, and so we piled that in.

- Keith Richards, 2015


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