I Ain't Mad I'm Just Leavin' Song Lyrics and Chords
I Ain't Mad I'm Just Leavin' Song Lyrics and Chords by George Hamilton IV
I Ain't Mad I'm Just Leavin'
Recorded by George Hamilton IV
Written by Johnny Russell
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Well my old shirt pocket's filled with
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everything I own
An old toothbrush three cigarettes and a
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dirty four-tooth comb
My pocketbook is flat and I got no rattlin'
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change
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came to this town with nothin' looks like I'm leavin' with
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same
But I ain't
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mad (I ain't mad) I'm just
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leavin' (I'm just leavin')
And I don't see anybody sittin'
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there by the roadside
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grievin'
I had me a girl when I first hit town I
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tell you she was nice
I met this cat he became a friend started
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givin' me advice
He said that I should treat her mean and she'd always
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stay
Now
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here's ole meanie comin' out of town and he married her
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today
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I'd write home but mom can't read besi
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des I'm out of stamps
You don't see much to write home about
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sleepin' in a hobo camp
The wind blows cold through these worn out jeans
Keepin' warm means movin'
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fast
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had a good thing a goin' for me but my good times never
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last
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I Ain't Mad I'm Just Leavin'?
- The song I Ain't Mad I'm Just Leavin' was sang by George Hamilton IV.
Who is George Hamilton IV?
- George Hege Hamilton IV (July 19, 1937 - September 17, 2014) was an American country musician. He began performing in the late 1950s as a teen idol, switching to country music in the early 1960s.
