#----------------------------------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 Wed Feb 14 21:30:40 1996 From: booker@elvice.ib.stortek.com (Sam Booker) Subject: PRO:aint_hurtin_nobody by john prine Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 14:28:51 -0700 (MST) #----------------------------------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. #------------------------------------------------------------------------------ {no_grid:} # {t:Ain't Hurtin' Nobody} {st:(John Prine)} {st:From the John Prine album "Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings" ( Oh Boy Records, 1995)} # # Chords by Sam Booker (booker@elvice.stortek.com) # {ci:Intro:} [C] # [C]I'm walkin' down the street Like Lucky Larue G[F]ot my hand in my pocket I'm thinkin' 'bout you I ain't [C]hurtin' nobody [G] I ain't hurtin' no [C]one Th[C]ere's three hundred men In the state of Tennessee [F]They're waiting to die They won't never be free I ain't hu[C]rtin' nobody [G] I ain't hurtin' no o[C]ne S[G]ix million seven hundred thousand And thirty-three li[F]ghts [C]on [G]You think someone could take the time To sit down and listen to the words of [F]my s[C]ong [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 I wasn't hu[C]rtin' nobody [G] I wasn't hurtin' no o[C]ne T[C]here's roosters laying chickens And chickens layin' eggs [F]Farm machinery eating People's arms and legs I ain't hu[C]rtin' nobody [G] I ain't hurtin' no o[C]ne [G]Perfectly crafted popular hit songs never use The wr[F]ong rh[C]yme Y[G]ou'd think that waitress could get my order Right the f[F]irst t[C]ime {ci:Instrumental:} [C] [F] [C] [G] [C] # S[C]he's sitting on the back steps Just shucking that corn [F]That gal's been grinning Since the day she was born She ain't hu[C]rtin' nobody [G] She ain't hurtin' no o[C]ne [C]I used to live in Chicago Where the cold wind blows [F]I delivered more junk mail Than the junkyard would hold I wasn't hu[C]rtin' nobody [G] I wasn't hurtin' no o[C]ne [G]You can fool some of the people part of the time In a rock and r[F]oll s[C]ong [G]Fifty million Elvis Presley Fans Can't be [F]all wr[C]ong [C]I'm walkin' down the street Like Lucky Larue [F]Got my hand in my pocket, Baby I'm thinkin' 'bout you I ain't hu[C]rtin' nobody [G] I ain't hurtin' no o[C]ne I ain't hu[C]rtin' nobody[G] I ain't hurtin' no o[C]ne [C] [F] Hu[C]rtin' nobody [G] Hurtin' no o[C]ne [C] [F] Hu[C]rtin' nobody [G] Hurtin' no o[C]ne [C] [F] Hu[C]rtin' nobody [G] Hurtin' no o[C]ne (Fade)