Chords for Bettye LaVette - Ain't Talkin' - 4/9/2018 - Paste Studios - New York, NY

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So I walked out tonight in the misty garden, wounded flowers dangling from the vine.
_ I [Dm] was passing [D] some cool and crystal [E] fountain, _
[A] _ something hit me from behind.
_ They say prayers are power to keep, [Am] pray for me mother.
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[A] In the human heart, people can do it. _
[Dm] I'm trying to love my neighbor, do [E] good to [D] others.
[A] Oh mother, things ain't going so well.
[Am] I [A] am smoking, _ just smoking. _
Through this [Dm] weary [A] world, _ _ I burn it, still believing. _
[E] No [G] one on earth [A] would ever know. _
[A] Now I'm home, worn down from weeping, [Am] _
[A] eyes are filled with tears and my lips are dry. _
[Dm] If I ever catch my opponent [E] sleeping, [A] I'll slaughter them right there where they lie.
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[A] The whole world is filled with [Am] speculation. _
The whole wide [A] world, which people say is round. _
[Dm] They'll tie your mind from tired inflation.
[A] They'll jump on your misfortune when you're down.
_ That's why I told you to just walk. _
I'll burn that [Dm] bridge before you [Am] cross.
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_ _ _ Still here, there'll [E] be no mercy [G] for who [A] once you lost, pray for me.
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ Now they'll rush you with wealth and power.
Any waking [N] moment, you can crack.
_ I'll take the most of my one last extra hour. _
I'll mourn my family's death and I'll step back.
All [A] my loyals _ and much-loved companions, they approve of me and they feel my cold. _
[Dm] I've lost my faith, [D] that's been long [Dm] a time.
[A] Ain't no office on my lonely, lonely road. _
I ain't trying, _ I'm just [Am] walking. _ _
[A] _ [Dm] World mysterious [A] and vague. _
God, _ still here I am, _
[E] walking [G] through this [A] cynical place.
Now the sufferance, _ it's unending. _
Every nook and cranny has its tears. _
[Dm] I ain't playing and I ain't pretending. _
[A] I ain't nursing no slew of purgatory fears. _
[A] As I walk out tonight in the midst of God, on a hot summer day, a hot summer [Am] night. _ _
[Dm] Excuse [D] me all, [Dm] I beg your pardon.
[A] Ain't nobody here but me, the God in the stone.
Walking, _ _ _ walking, still walking. _ _
_ Walking every [Dm] step of [A] the way. _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ Still yearning, _
_ [E] walking till [G] I'm clean [A] out of sight.
I ain't talking, _ I'm just walking. _
[Am] I [A] ain't talking, _ I'm just walking. _
I ain't talking, _ I'm just walking. _ _
[G] Walking till I'm clean out of sight.
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