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Hurtsome Body – Leon Russell            
Two, three
[Intro]
D   D  C#/D  D  G  D  C#/D D
D   D  C#/D  D  G  D  C#/D D
G   G  F#/G  G  C  G  F#/G G
    D     D        C#/D    D(GAh    G  B7Ah    B7)
[Verse]
E7(Ah  )When I first saw you down in A11TennesseeA7  
F#m7b5I knew you were the only B7b9girl for B7me
    E7And when you sang your sA11ongA7  
It made me DhappDy,  C#/Dyes iDt did (GAh    G  B7Ah)B7  
[Verse]
E7(Ah  )But you took my money and you A11took my old A7car
F#m7b5And you ran straight into my B7b9best friend's B7arms
   E7And I just want to ask you A7darling
[Chorus]
How can you G7hurt somebody, hurt somebody like D7me?
How can you G7hurt somebody, hurt somebody like D7me?
Now I'm alA7one in England
And I'm Gthinkin' of how it Aused to be
D/  D/ C/ B/ Bb  D/ A/ G/  G#  A/A  
[Verse]
   E7We never did so well down in A11HollywoA7od
  F#m7b5But mama I treated you just as B7b9good as I B7could
   E7And I still love ya,   A7won't you tell me
[Chorus]
How can you G7hurt somebody, hurt somebody like D7me?
How can you G7hurt somebody, hurt somebody like D7me?
Now I'm aA7lone in England
GSingin' 'bout how it Aused to be
D/  D/ C/ B/ Bb  D/ A/ G/  G#  A/A  
[2:25-Slide Guitar solo]
     E7       A7           F#m7b5       B7b9     B7       E7       A7    D    D       C#/D     D  G(Ah  G  B7Ah)B7  
E7(Ah)Whoa, I still love ya darling, A7won't you tell me
[Chorus]
How can you G7hurt somebody, hurt somebody like D7me?
How can you G7hurt somebody, hurt somebody like D7me?
How can you G7hurt somebody, hurt somebody like D7me?
How can you G7hurt somebody, hurt somebody like D7me?
and fade

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Hurtsome Body

by Leon Russell

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Chords in this song · guitar

C#/D

F#/G

A11

F#m7b5

B7b9

Hurtsome Body – Leon Russell

Two, three

[Intro]

D D C#/D D G D C#/D D

G G F#/G G C G F#/G G

D D C#/D D G G B7 B7

(Ah Ah )

[Verse]

E7 A11 A7

(Ah )When I first saw you down in Tennessee

F#m7b5 B7b9 B7

I knew you were the only girl for me

E7 A11 A7

And when you sang your song

D D C#/D D G G B7 B7

It made me happy, yes it did (Ah Ah)

[Verse]

E7 A11 A7

(Ah )But you took my money and you took my old car

F#m7b5 B7b9 B7

And you ran straight into my best friend's arms

E7 A7

And I just want to ask you darling

[Chorus]

G7 D7

How can you hurt somebody, hurt somebody like me?

G7 D7

How can you hurt somebody, hurt somebody like me?

Now I'm alone in England

G A

And I'm thinkin' of how it used to be

D D C B Bb D A G G# A A

/ / / / / / / /

[Verse]

E7 A11 A7

We never did so well down in Hollywood

F#m7b5 B7b9 B7

But mama I treated you just as good as I could

E7 A7

And I still love ya, won't you tell me

[Chorus]

G7 D7

How can you hurt somebody, hurt somebody like me?

G7 D7

How can you hurt somebody, hurt somebody like me?

Now I'm alone in England

G A

Singin' 'bout how it used to be

D D C B Bb D A G G# A A

/ / / / / / / /

[2:25-Slide Guitar solo]

E7 A7 F#m7b5 B7b9 B7 E7 A7 D D C#/D D G G B7 B7

(Ah Ah)

E7 A7

(Ah)Whoa, I still love ya darling, won't you tell me

[Chorus]

G7 D7

How can you hurt somebody, hurt somebody like me?

G7 D7

How can you hurt somebody, hurt somebody like me?

G7 D7

How can you hurt somebody, hurt somebody like me?

G7 D7

How can you hurt somebody, hurt somebody like me?

and fade

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