Old Honky Tonker by Johnathan East
Key: GG | Capo: 1fr |  Left-Handed 

    


INTO
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Well we ride into town in a beat up van, got our name on the side like rock n roll band
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Stearin’ out a cracked windshield with one headlight
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Got our guitars and were rearin’ to go, down to Larson City for a 3 hour show
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If we ain’t half bad I know there gonna treat us right
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Oh whatever made me wanna live like this, gotta get stoned just to get my fix
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Like it or not there ain’t no turnin’ round
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LIke a fright train rollin’ out through the night got the pedal to the medal 
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honey hold on tight
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Gypsy life I know won’t let me down
(Chorus)
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See I was born to be a guitar picker guess I had a soft spot for the women and liquor
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It’s a wonder how I kept my sanity
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I played in every bar from here to Memphis drinkin’ like Hank and singin’ like Elvis 
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Folks out west didn’t think awhole lotta me
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Guess an Old Honky Tonkers bout all I’ll ever be
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Well I had a little woman back in San Anton times got rough and I moved on
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Left her cryin’ in a trailer by the county line
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So I bought a guitar and I found me a band grew out my beard became a 
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travelin’ man 
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Playin’ one night shows in any place we could find
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County fairs and micro clubs sang about whiskey, fast women and love 
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And it’s all the same just as long as we can make a buck
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Well we play it fast and we play it so from Mustang Sally down to Curtis Loew
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And when the bottles fly we just smile and turn it up
(Chorus)
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See I was born to be a guitar picker guess I had a soft spot for the women and liquor
G                   Dsus4/F#      Em7                         Cadd9
It’s a wonder how I kept my sanity
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I played in every bar from here to Memphis drinkin’ like Hank and singin’ like Elvis 
G                            Dsus4/F#      Em7          Cadd9
Folks out west didn’t think awhole lotta me
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Guess an Old Honky Tonkers bout all I’ll ever be
SOLO
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Well the night is young and the beer is cold the women are sweet and my lines are old
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But it all comes together when we get down and start to play
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Guess there’s somethin’ bout the sound of a Gibson flat top
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Crankin’ out loud just pickin’ it non stop
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Get on the floor and two step the night away
(Chorus)
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See I was born to be a guitar picker guess I had a soft spot for the women and liquor
G                          Dsus4/F#      Em7      Cadd9
It’s a wonder how I kept my sanity
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I played in every bar from here to Memphis drinkin’ like Hank and singin’ like Elvis 
G                            Dsus4/F#      Em7         Cadd9
Folks out west didn’t think awhole lotta me
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Guess an Old Honky Tonkers bout all I’ll ever be