Aint Hurtin Nobody by John Prine #----------------------------------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 C I'm walkin' down the street Like Lucky Larue F Got my hand in my pocket I'm thinkin' 'bout you C G I ain't hurtin' nobody C I ain't hurtin' no one C There's three hundred men In the state of Tennessee F They're waiting to die They won't never be free C G I ain't hurtin' nobody C I ain't hurtin' no one G Six million seven hundred thousand F C And thirty-three lights on G You think someone could take the time F C To sit down and listen to the words of my song C At the beach in Indiana I was nine years old F Heard Little Richard singing "Tutti Frutti" >From the top of a telephone pole C G I wasn't hurtin' nobody C I wasn't hurtin' no one C There's roosters laying chickens And chickens layin' eggs F Farm machinery eating People's arms and legs C G I ain't hurtin' nobody C I ain't hurtin' no one G Perfectly crafted popular hit songs never use F C the wrong rhyme G You'd think that waitress could get my order F C Right the first time INSTRUMENTAL: C F C G C C She's sitting on the back steps Just shucking that corn F That gal's been grinning Since the day she was born C G She ain't hurtin' nobody C She ain't hurtin' no one C I used to live in Chicago Where the cold wind blows F I delivered more junk mail Than the junkyard would hold C G I wasn't hurtin' nobody C I wasn't hurtin' no one G You can fool some of the people part of the time F C In a rock and roll song G Fifty million Elvis Presley Fans F C Can't be all wrong C I'm walkin' down the street Like Lucky Larue F Got my hand in my pocket, Baby I'm thinkin' 'bout you C G I ain't hurtin' nobody C I ain't hurtin' no one ENDING: C G I ain't hurtin' nobody C I ain't hurtin' no one C F C G Hurtin' nobody C Hurtin' no one C F C G Hurtin' nobody C Hurtin' no one C F C G Hurtin' nobody C FADE Hurtin' no one www.TAB6.com