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Aint Hurtin Nobody

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John Prine (born October 10, 1946 in Maywood, Illinois-died April 7, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee) was an American country/folk singer-songwriter who has achieved widespread critical (and some commercial) success since the early 1970s.

The son of William Prine and Verna Hamm, his grandfather had played guitar with Merle Travis and he started playing guitar himself at 14 years old. He was a postman for 5 years and spent a couple of years in the army before starting his musical career in the Chicago area.

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AIN'T HURTIN' NOBODY

Words and music by John Prine
From Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, Oh Boy Records, 1995

Chords by Sam Booker ([email protected])

[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