John Prine – Aint Hurtin Nobody (Guitar)

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Words and music by John Prine From Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, Oh Boy Records, 1995 Chords by Sam Booker ([email protected]) [Intro] C
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I'm walkin' down the street
Like Lucky Larue
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Got my hand in my pocket
I'm thinkin' 'bout you
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I ain't hurtin' nobody

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I ain't hurtin' no one

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There's three hundred men
In the state of Tennessee
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They're waiting to die
They won't never be free
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I ain't hurtin' nobody

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I ain't hurtin' no one

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Six million seven hundred thousand

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And thirty-three lights on

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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
F7
Heard Little Richard singing "Tutti Frutti"
From the top of a telephone pole
            C           G
I wasn't hurtin' nobody

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I wasn't hurtin' no one

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There's roosters laying chickens
And chickens layin' eggs
F7
Farm machinery eating
People's arms and legs
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I ain't hurtin' nobody

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I ain't hurtin' no one

G
Perfectly crafted popular hit songs never use

      F     C
the wrong rhyme

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You'd think that waitress could get my order

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Right the first time
[Instrumental] C F C G C
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She's sitting on the back steps
Just shucking that corn
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That gal's been grinning
Since the day she was born
            C            G
She ain't hurtin' nobody

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She ain't hurtin' no one

C
I used to live in Chicago
Where the cold wind blows
F7
I delivered more junk mail
Than the junkyard would hold
            C           G
I wasn't hurtin' nobody

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I wasn't hurtin' no one

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You can fool some of the people part of the time

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In a rock and roll song

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Fifty million Elvis Presley Fans

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Can't be all wrong

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I'm walkin' down the street
Like Lucky Larue
F7
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
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  C            G
Hurtin' nobody

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Hurtin' no one
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  C            G
Hurtin' nobody

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Hurtin' no one
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  C           G
Hurtin' nobody
C FADE Hurtin' no one