Tuning: G C E A

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

I^C'm walkin' down the street Like Lucky Larue G^Fot my hand in my pocket

I'm thinkin' 'bout you

I ain't ^Churtin' nobody ^G I ain't hurtin' no ^Cone

Th^Cere's three hundred men In the state of Tennessee T^Fhey're waiting to die

They won't never be free

I ain't hu^Crtin' nobody ^G I ain't hurtin' no o^Cne

S^Gix million seven hundred thousand And thirty-three li^Fghts ^Con Y^Gou think someone could take the time To sit down and listen to the words of ^Fmy s^Cong

^CAt the beach in Indiana I was nine years old ^FHeard Little Richard singing "Tutti Frutti"

>From the top of a telephone pole

I wasn't hur^Ctin' nobody ^G I wasn't hurtin' no o^Cne

T^Chere's roosters laying chickens And chickens layin' eggs ^FFarm machinery eating

People's arms and legs

I ain't hu^Crtin' nobody ^G I ain't hurtin' no o^Cne

^GPerfectly crafted popular hit songs never use the wr^Fong rh^Cyme Y^Gou'd think that waitress could get my order Right the fi^Frst t^Cime

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S^Che's sitting on the back steps Just shucking that corn T^Fhat gal's been grinning

Since the day she was born

She ain't hu^Crtin' nobody ^G She ain't hurtin' no o^Cne

^CI used to live in Chicago Where the cold wind blows ^FI delivered more junk mail

Than the junkyard would hold

I wasn't hur^Ctin' nobody ^G I wasn't hurtin' no o^Cne

Y^Gou can fool some of the people part of the time In a rock and r^Foll s^Cong F^Gifty million Elvis Presley Fans Can't be a^Fll wr^Cong

^CI'm walkin' down the street Like Lucky Larue ^FGot my hand in my pocket, Baby

I'm thinkin' 'bout you

I ain't hur^Ctin' nobody ^G I ain't hurtin' no o^Cne

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I ain't hu^Crtin' nobody ^G I ain't hurtin' no o^Cne

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Hu^Crtin' nobody ^G Hurtin' no o^Cne

C F

Hu^Crtin' nobody ^G Hurtin' no o^Cne

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Hu^Crtin' nobody^G C FADE Hurtin' no one

John Prine - Aint hurtin nobody