#------------------------------------------------------------------------------## AIN'T HURTIN' NOBODY Words and music by John Prine 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" 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: CFCGC 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 CF C G Hurtin' nobody C Hurtin' no one CF C G Hurtin' nobody C Hurtin' no one CF C G Hurtin' nobody C FADE Hurtin' no one