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Not Guilty
Intro (play twice):
E--Em------------|
B------------0-|
G--------------|
D-2/7--5/12----|
A--------------|
E--------------|
Not gAmuilty
For B7getting in your wEmay
B7   E  E+ E7  
While you're trying to steal the day
Not Amguilty
And I'm B7not here for the Emrest
I'm not B7trying to steal your Emvest.Em/D  
EI am not trying to be sE7mart
I only want what I can gAm7/Get
I'm really sEm7orry for your aEm6geing head
Em  Em7+
But like you heard me said
Not guAmilty.
No use B7handing me a Emwrit
While I'm B7trying to do my bEmit.Em/D  
EI don't expect to take your hE7eart
I only want what I can gAm7/Get
I'm really sEm7orry that you're Em6underfed
Em  Em7+
But like you heard me said
Not guAmilty.
Instrumental:
E---Em7---------Em6--|-------Em--------------------|
B------------0-|---------------------------|
G--------------|-----------TWICE-----------|
D-2/7--5/12----|---------------------------|
A--------------|---------------------------|
E--------------|---------------------------|
(Play Verse 2 Chords)
Not gAmuilty
For loB7oking like a frEmeak
B7   E  E+ E7  
Making friends with every Sikh
Not gAmuilty
For leB7ading you astEmray
On the rB7oad to MandalEmay.Em/D  
EI won't upset the apple cE7art
I only want what I can gAm7/Get
N.C Em7  Em6  
I'm really sorry that you've been misled
Em  Em7+
But like you heard me said
Not guiltAmy.
ENDING (repeat until fade):
Em7   Em6  Em(13b) Em   Am  
E--------------|---------------------------|
B------------0-|---------------------------|
G--------------|-----------ONCE------------|
D-2/7--5/12----|---------------------------|
A--------------|---------------------------|
E--------------|---------------------------|
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The story behind the song

This song was written by George Harrison in 1968, following the Beatles' Transcendental Meditation course in India. The lyrics express Harrison's response to the criticism he received from his bandmates, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, after the group's public falling out with the Maharishi, and as they launched their company Apple Corps. The band recorded the song amidst the tensions of the sessions for their 1968 double LP, though it wasn't included on that release. It plays like a personal declaration of innocence in the face of judgment.

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