I Ain't Going to Drag My Feet No More chords by
Richard Thompson

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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I've been gone so long,

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now ain't it a pity

Bending my back in this hell-hole city

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city

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Turning my ear from

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my friends and betters

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Up to my neck in unread letters

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And unwritten laws

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Where I come

Verse 2

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from feeling is a crime

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I thought I could take you

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in my own good time

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Like a jumped-up fool, fool,

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now down I climb

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Em

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And I ain't going to drag

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my feet no more

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I'm running to your side,

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gonna beat down the door

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I ain't going to drag my feet no

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more, no more

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Verse 3

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Well I can't live without you

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but I've been trying

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I've got a short-set fuse fuse

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and two fists of iron

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I did everything a man might do

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To stop myself from pining after you

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But it don't seem to matter no more

Verse 4

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Penny's in my hand,

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now I'm go ing to spin it

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Heads you win,

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don't you think for one minute

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That I care for this bed with nobody in it

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And I ain't going to drag

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my feet no more

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I'm running to your side,

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gonna beat down the door

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I ain't going to drag my feet no more,

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no more

Interlude 1

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Verse 5

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Biding my time is driving me senseless

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You worked yourself right

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under my defenses

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You got me in a grip that I can't shake

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All my feelings are about to break

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And love never rains, it pours

Verse 6

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I worked my hands 'til they

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couldn't spell your name

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I rolled and I roared 'til I

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couldn't see your face

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I leaned on the jukebox 'til I

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couldn't hear your voice

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Put my head in the sand, but that won't do it

Verse 7

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I swore I was above you,

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but that won't do it

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And I tried and I tried, but that won't do it

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And I ain't going to drag

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my feet no more

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I'm running to your side,

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gonna beat down the door

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I ain't going to drag my

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feet no more, no more

Verse 8

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I ain't going to drag my feet no more

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I'm running to your side,

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gonna beat down the door

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I ain't going to drag my feet no more,

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no more

Outro 1

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Chords

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The original key of I Ain't Going to Drag My Feet No More by Richard Thompson is A major.

The primary chords used in I Ain't Going to Drag My Feet No More are A, G, D, Em, B, F#m.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like A, G, D, Em, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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