Ain't Ever Goin' Back chords by
John Hiatt

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Key: A major•

Verse 1

D

D

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C

C

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G

G

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C

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G

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D

D

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Come out of a fireball

C

C

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Notes burning and the letters scrawled

I ain't ever goin' back no

G

G

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C

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G

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Verse 2

D

D

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Bare light, bulb and a hotplate

C

C

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Was there that I finally met my fate

And I ain't ever goin'

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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back no more

Verse 3

D

D

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She danced the room and she

made it fine

C

C

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I sang a song about a crooked line

I ain't ever goin' back

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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no more

C

C

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And she's my first love and

Verse 4

D

D

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she's my last

Don't ask me how it ever

C

C

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came to pass

'Cause I ain't ever

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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goin' back no more

Verse 5

D

D

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I ain't ever going back no more

C

C

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Wouldn't even try to find that door

G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

C

C

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Verse 6

G

G

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D

D

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I don't care what the past has in store

C

C

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

C

C

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A

Verse 7

G

G

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pint of gin and a long

D

D

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bus trip

C

C

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Somebody said, "You just get over it"

And I ain't ever goin'

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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back no more

Verse 8

D

D

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I see her face at every shitty bar

C

C

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That I have to play to pay for this guitar

G

G

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And I ain't ever goin' back no

C

C

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G

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Verse 9

D

D

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I'm singing every song for her tonight

So bartender,

C

C

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would you hit the lights?

G

G

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'Cause I ain't ever goin' back no

C

C

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G

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Verse 10

D

D

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A little something to remem

ber me

C

C

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It's been so long, Lord, she mustn't see

G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

C

C

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G

G

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And I ain't ever goin' back

Verse 11

D

D

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

C

C

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Wouldn't even try to find that door

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

Verse 12

D

D

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I don't care what the past has in store

C

C

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

G

G

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C

C

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

G

G

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Interlude 1

D

D

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C

C

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G

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C

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G

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D

D

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C

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G

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C

C

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G

G

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Verse 13

D

D

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Dust settles in a darkened room

C

C

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Whiskey steals away the sense

of doom

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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And I ain't ever goin' back no more

Verse 14

D

D

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We made love and we made hate

C

C

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Never could seem to get it straight

G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back

C

C

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G

G

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no more, baby

Verse 15

D

D

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You're branded on my soul

and in my mind

I keep running up and down

C

C

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this old fence line

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

Verse 16

D

D

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Only one thing in my life is true

C

C

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Honey, I will remember you

G

G

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And I ain't ever goin' back no more

Verse 17

D

D

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I ain't ever goin' back no

more

C

C

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Wouldn't even try to find that door

G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back no

C

C

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G

G

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Verse 18

D

D

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Don't care what the past has in store

C

C

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

G

G

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C

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G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

Verse 19

D

D

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

C

C

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Wouldn't even try to find that door

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

Verse 20

D

D

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I don't care what the past has in store

C

C

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

G

G

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I ain't ever goin' back no more

C

C

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I ever goin' back no more

Verse 21

G

G

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Ever goin' back no more

D

D

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Ever goin' back no more

Outro 1

C

C

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D

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C

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

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B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

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E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

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G ₄

C ₄

E ₄

A ₄

CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

G ₄

B ₄

D ₅

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

Bass Tuner 5 Strings

B ₀

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

E ₅

E ₅

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E ₄

E ₄

A ₄

G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

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D ₄

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C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 7 Strings

B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 12 stringStandard

E ₃

E ₂

A ₃

A ₂

D ₄

D ₃

G ₄

G ₃

B ₃

B ₃

E ₄

E ₄

Guitar Tuner 6 stringPower

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G ₄

C ₄

E ₄

A ₄

CavaquinhoStandard

D ₄

G ₄

B ₄

D ₅

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

Bass Tuner 5 Strings

B ₀

E ₁

A ₁

D ₂

G ₂

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

C ₂

G ₂

D ₃

A ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

E ₅

G ₃

G ₃

D ₄

D ₄

A ₄

A ₄

E ₅

E ₅

Balalaika Tuner

E ₄

E ₄

A ₄

G ₄

D ₃

G ₃

B ₃

D ₄

Banjo Tuner 4 Strings

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

Chords

D
C
G

Capo: 2

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The original key of Ain't Ever Goin' Back by John Hiatt is A major.

The primary chords used in Ain't Ever Goin' Back are E, D, A.

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