Verse 1A
This truck needs a half tank
E
These wheels need a two-lane
F#m
This radio needs three songs to play
D
To get me 'cross town to you
A
That dress needs to slip off
E
That hair needs to come down
F#m
Friday nights need to do
D
What Friday nights need to do
N.C
That's the truth
ChorusA
Yeah, birds need bees and ice needs whiskey
E
Boys like me need the girls like you to kiss me
F#m
"Fishin' in the Dark" needs Nitty Gritty
D
Under that pale moon
A
Sweet tea needs that sugar stirrin'
E
Small town nights need both ends burnin'
D
Shades need drawin', hearts need fallin'
N.CE
Boots need knockin', knockin' boots
AD
Knockin' boots, me and you, oh
Verse 2A
Long weeks need a weekend
E
Cheap drinks need a-slingin'
F#m
That dance floor needs some me on you
D
And you want me tonight
A
Singalongs need to be sung
E
Tip bells need to be rung
F#m
Last calls need a call that cab
D
And backseats need I want you so bad
ChorusA
Yeah, birds need bees and ice needs whiskey
E
Boys like me need the girls like you to kiss me
F#m
"Fishin' in the Dark" needs Nitty Gritty
D
Under that pale moon
A
Sweet tea needs that sugar stirrin'
E
Small town nights need both ends burnin'
D
Shades need drawin', hearts need fallin'
N.CE
Boots need knockin', knockin' boots
AD
Knockin' boots, girl, me and you
BridgeA
Doors need shuttin'
A
Lights need cuttin'
A
Lips need lockin'
A
Boots need knockin'
ChorusA
And birds need bees and ice needs whiskey
E
Boys like me need the girls like you to kiss me
F#m
"Fishin' in the Dark" needs Nitty Gritty
D
Under that pale moon
A
Sweet tea needs that sugar stirrin'
E
Small town nights need both ends burnin'
D
Shades need drawin', hearts need fallin'
N.CA
Boots need knockin', knockin' boots
EF#mD
Mmm, knockin' boots, me and you, oh
N.c
Knockin' boots
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.