Chords for George Goss "Ain't No Honky Tonks in Jail" Texas Americana Country Music
Tempo:
100.15 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Ain't no honky [D]-tonks in jail, no cigarettes they [G] read your mail, you can't hear the [C] jukebox wail.
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] [C] [G]
ain't no dancing [D] going on, no guitars picking [G] all night long,
nobody's here to do [C] my bail.
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[Bm] [G] [F] [C] [G]
Ain't no honky [D]-tonks in jail, no cigarettes they [G] read your mail, you can't hear the [C] jukebox wail.
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] [C] [G]
ain't no dancing [D] going on, no guitars picking [G] all night long,
nobody's here to do [C] my bail.
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_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
Ain't no honky [D]-tonks in jail, _ _ no cigarettes they [G] read your mail, _ _ you can't hear the [C] jukebox wail.
_ _ [D]
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
ain't no dancing [D] going on, _ _ no guitars picking [G] all night long, _ _ _
nobody's here to do [C] my bail.
_ [Em] _ [D] _
Ain't no [G] honky-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G]
there ain't no honky [C]-tonks in jail, _ _ [D]
should have walked
that straight and [G] narrow trail, _ _ my freedom's gone and I [C] live in hell.
_ [G] _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
give me three square [D] meals a day, _ _ some commissary and a
[G] place to lay. _ _
There's twenty-one men in a [C] ten-man cell, _ _ [D] _
ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G]
I read the good
books [D] I got time, _ _ I'd love to see the [G] neon sign, _ _ I'd love to hear the jukebox [C] wail.
_ [Em] _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G]
there ain't no honky [C]-tonks in jail, _ _ [D]
should have walked
that straight and [G] narrow trail, _ _ my El Famino's [C] up for sale.
_ [G] _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
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they start me loose on [D] work release, _ _ I didn't come back
they [G] sent police, _ _ said boy you'll be in [C] here spelled.
_ _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G]
there ain't no honky-tonks in jail, [C] _ [G] _ [D]
should have walked
that straight and [G] narrow trail, _ _ the whole town thinks that [C] I have failed.
_ [G] _ _
[D] Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
there ain't no honky [C]-tonks in jail, _ _ [G]
[D] should have walked
that straight [G] and narrow trail, _ _ my car's been pounded [C] in for sale.
_ [G] _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
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_ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
Ain't no honky [D]-tonks in jail, _ _ no cigarettes they [G] read your mail, _ _ you can't hear the [C] jukebox wail.
_ _ [D]
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
ain't no dancing [D] going on, _ _ no guitars picking [G] all night long, _ _ _
nobody's here to do [C] my bail.
_ [Em] _ [D] _
Ain't no [G] honky-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G]
there ain't no honky [C]-tonks in jail, _ _ [D]
should have walked
that straight and [G] narrow trail, _ _ my freedom's gone and I [C] live in hell.
_ [G] _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
give me three square [D] meals a day, _ _ some commissary and a
[G] place to lay. _ _
There's twenty-one men in a [C] ten-man cell, _ _ [D] _
ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G]
I read the good
books [D] I got time, _ _ I'd love to see the [G] neon sign, _ _ I'd love to hear the jukebox [C] wail.
_ [Em] _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G]
there ain't no honky [C]-tonks in jail, _ _ [D]
should have walked
that straight and [G] narrow trail, _ _ my El Famino's [C] up for sale.
_ [G] _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G]
they start me loose on [D] work release, _ _ I didn't come back
they [G] sent police, _ _ said boy you'll be in [C] here spelled.
_ _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G]
there ain't no honky-tonks in jail, [C] _ [G] _ [D]
should have walked
that straight and [G] narrow trail, _ _ the whole town thinks that [C] I have failed.
_ [G] _ _
[D] Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail, [F] _ [C] _ [G] _
there ain't no honky [C]-tonks in jail, _ _ [G]
[D] should have walked
that straight [G] and narrow trail, _ _ my car's been pounded [C] in for sale.
_ [G] _ [D] _
Ain't no honky [G]-tonks in jail.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] _
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