#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: booker@elvice.ib.stortek.com (Sam Booker) Subject: CRD: Ain't Hurtin' Nobody by John Prine Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 09:17:42 -0600 (MDT) AIN'T HURTIN' NOBODY Words and music by John Prine >From Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, Oh Boy Records, 1995 Chords by Sam Booker (booker@elvice.stortek.com) INTRO: C CI'm (x32010@1)walkin' down the street Like Lucky Larue FGot (133211@1)my hand in my pocket I'm thinkin' 'bout you C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)ain't hurtin' nobody CI (x32010@1)ain't hurtin' no one CThere's (x32010@1)three hundred men In the state of Tennessee FThey're (133211@1)waiting to die They won't never be free C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)ain't hurtin' nobody CI (x32010@1)ain't hurtin' no one GSix (320003@1)million seven hundred thousand F (133211@1) CAnd (x32010@1)thirty-three lights on GYou (320003@1)think someone could take the time F (133211@1) CTo (x32010@1)sit down and listen to the words of my song CAt (x32010@1)the beach in Indiana I was nine years old FHeard (133211@1)Little Richard singing "Tutti Frutti" >From the top of a telephone pole C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)wasn't hurtin' nobody CI (x32010@1)wasn't hurtin' no one CThere's (x32010@1)roosters laying chickens And chickens layin' eggs FFarm (133211@1)machinery eating People's arms and legs C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)ain't hurtin' nobody CI (x32010@1)ain't hurtin' no one GPerfectly (320003@1)crafted popular hit songs never use F (133211@1) Cthe (x32010@1)wrong rhyme GYou'd (320003@1)think that waitress could get my order F (133211@1) CRight (x32010@1)the first time INSTRUMENTAL: C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) CShe's (x32010@1)sitting on the back steps Just shucking that corn FThat (133211@1)gal's been grinning Since the day she was born C (x32010@1) GShe (320003@1)ain't hurtin' nobody CShe (x32010@1)ain't hurtin' no one CI (x32010@1)used to live in Chicago Where the cold wind blows FI (133211@1)delivered more junk mail Than the junkyard would hold C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)wasn't hurtin' nobody CI (x32010@1)wasn't hurtin' no one GYou (320003@1)can fool some of the people part of the time F (133211@1) CIn (x32010@1)a rock and roll song GFifty (320003@1)million Elvis Presley Fans F (133211@1) CCan't (x32010@1)be all wrong CI'm (x32010@1)walkin' down the street Like Lucky Larue FGot (133211@1)my hand in my pocket, Baby I'm thinkin' 'bout you C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)ain't hurtin' nobody CI (x32010@1)ain't hurtin' no one ENDING: C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)ain't hurtin' nobody CI (x32010@1)ain't hurtin' no one C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GHurtin' (320003@1)nobody CHurtin' (x32010@1)no one C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GHurtin' (320003@1)nobody CHurtin' (x32010@1)no one C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) GHurtin' (320003@1)nobody C (x32010@1)FADE Hurtin' no one