Honky Tonk Music Chords by Jerry Jeff Walker
Tempo:
124.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [A]
[D]
Every [G] night I play the
[D] playthings, neon [G] lights and [D] smiling faces.
[G] People [D] laugh and talk away in the evenings while I [A] play.
[D] Ask myself [G] why do I do it?
[D] Guess there must [G] be [D] something to [G] it.
Didn't [D] pay for doing something [A] I'd be doing [D] anyway.
I'm just playing [G] that honky [D]-tonk
[A] music.
[D]
That's the kind I [A] like to play.
[G] Just playing that honky [D]-tonk
[A] music.
[D] That's [A] the kind I [G] like to play.
[D]
Wishing [G] I could have a dollar [D] for every [G] drunk that I've heard holler.
Every [D] ballroom brawler I've seen just sleeping [A] off his [B] flag.
[D] And all the [G] stories I've been told, [D] I guess I'd have [G] me a [D] pot of gold.
[G] Even [D] if half the stories [A] told had turned out [D] to be right.
[Bm] [D] I'm just playing [G] that [Bm] honky [D]-tonk
[A] music.
[D]
That's the kind I [A] like to play.
[G] I'm just playing that honky [D]-tonk [A] music.
[D]
[A] That's the kind I [G] like to play.
[D] I've
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D]
[A] [B] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [B]
[D] seen a [G] lot of women lie [D] too, and sometimes [G] I've [D] even tried [G] to.
When the night [D] is getting late and the ladies [A] look so good.
[D] I've been in bars [G] I didn't care [D]
for.
I asked myself [G] what was [D] I there [G] for.
But all in all [D] I wouldn't take [A] things even if [D] I could.
[E] [G] I'm just playing that honky [D]-tonk [B]
music.
[D] That's the kind I like [B] to play.
[A]
[G] I'm just playing that [D] honky-tonk [A] music.
[C#] [D] [A] That's the kind I [G] like to play.
[D]
[Bm] [A] [G] Honky-tonk music is [D] what I play.
[N]
[D]
Every [G] night I play the
[D] playthings, neon [G] lights and [D] smiling faces.
[G] People [D] laugh and talk away in the evenings while I [A] play.
[D] Ask myself [G] why do I do it?
[D] Guess there must [G] be [D] something to [G] it.
Didn't [D] pay for doing something [A] I'd be doing [D] anyway.
I'm just playing [G] that honky [D]-tonk
[A] music.
[D]
That's the kind I [A] like to play.
[G] Just playing that honky [D]-tonk
[A] music.
[D] That's [A] the kind I [G] like to play.
[D]
Wishing [G] I could have a dollar [D] for every [G] drunk that I've heard holler.
Every [D] ballroom brawler I've seen just sleeping [A] off his [B] flag.
[D] And all the [G] stories I've been told, [D] I guess I'd have [G] me a [D] pot of gold.
[G] Even [D] if half the stories [A] told had turned out [D] to be right.
[Bm] [D] I'm just playing [G] that [Bm] honky [D]-tonk
[A] music.
[D]
That's the kind I [A] like to play.
[G] I'm just playing that honky [D]-tonk [A] music.
[D]
[A] That's the kind I [G] like to play.
[D] I've
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D]
[A] [B] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [A]
[D] [B]
[D] seen a [G] lot of women lie [D] too, and sometimes [G] I've [D] even tried [G] to.
When the night [D] is getting late and the ladies [A] look so good.
[D] I've been in bars [G] I didn't care [D]
for.
I asked myself [G] what was [D] I there [G] for.
But all in all [D] I wouldn't take [A] things even if [D] I could.
[E] [G] I'm just playing that honky [D]-tonk [B]
music.
[D] That's the kind I like [B] to play.
[A]
[G] I'm just playing that [D] honky-tonk [A] music.
[C#] [D] [A] That's the kind I [G] like to play.
[D]
[Bm] [A] [G] Honky-tonk music is [D] what I play.
[N]
Key:
D
G
A
B
Bm
D
G
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Every [G] night I play the _
[D] _ playthings, neon [G] lights and [D] smiling faces.
[G] _ People [D] laugh and talk away in the evenings while I [A] play. _ _
[D] _ Ask myself [G] why do I do it?
[D] _ Guess there must [G] be [D] something to [G] it.
Didn't [D] pay for doing something [A] I'd be doing _ [D] anyway. _ _
_ _ _ I'm just _ playing [G] that _ honky [D]-tonk _ _
[A] music.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
That's the kind I [A] like to play. _ _
_ _ _ [G] Just _ _ playing that honky [D]-tonk _ _
[A] music.
_ _ [D] That's _ [A] the kind I [G] like to play. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Wishing [G] I could have a dollar [D] _ for every [G] drunk that I've heard holler.
_ Every [D] ballroom brawler I've seen just sleeping [A] off his [B] flag. _
_ [D] And all the [G] stories I've been told, [D] _ I guess I'd have [G] me a [D] pot of gold.
[G] _ Even [D] if half the stories [A] told had turned out [D] to be _ right.
_ _ [Bm] _ [D] I'm just _ playing [G] that [Bm] honky [D]-tonk _ _
[A] music.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
That's the kind I [A] like to play. _ _
_ _ _ [G] I'm just playing _ that honky [D]-tonk _ [A] music.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] That's the kind I [G] like to play. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ I've _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D] _ seen a [G] lot of women lie [D] too, and sometimes [G] I've [D] even tried [G] to.
When the night [D] is getting late and the ladies [A] look so _ _ good.
[D] I've been in bars [G] I didn't care [D]
for.
I asked myself [G] what was [D] I there [G] for.
But all in all [D] I wouldn't take [A] things even if [D] I could. _ _
_ _ [E] _ [G] I'm just playing that _ honky [D]-tonk _ [B] _
music.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ That's the kind I like [B] to play.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] I'm just playing that _ [D] honky-tonk _ _ [A] music.
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] That's the kind I [G] like to play.
_ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] Honky-tonk music is [D] what I play. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Every [G] night I play the _
[D] _ playthings, neon [G] lights and [D] smiling faces.
[G] _ People [D] laugh and talk away in the evenings while I [A] play. _ _
[D] _ Ask myself [G] why do I do it?
[D] _ Guess there must [G] be [D] something to [G] it.
Didn't [D] pay for doing something [A] I'd be doing _ [D] anyway. _ _
_ _ _ I'm just _ playing [G] that _ honky [D]-tonk _ _
[A] music.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
That's the kind I [A] like to play. _ _
_ _ _ [G] Just _ _ playing that honky [D]-tonk _ _
[A] music.
_ _ [D] That's _ [A] the kind I [G] like to play. _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Wishing [G] I could have a dollar [D] _ for every [G] drunk that I've heard holler.
_ Every [D] ballroom brawler I've seen just sleeping [A] off his [B] flag. _
_ [D] And all the [G] stories I've been told, [D] _ I guess I'd have [G] me a [D] pot of gold.
[G] _ Even [D] if half the stories [A] told had turned out [D] to be _ right.
_ _ [Bm] _ [D] I'm just _ playing [G] that [Bm] honky [D]-tonk _ _
[A] music.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
That's the kind I [A] like to play. _ _
_ _ _ [G] I'm just playing _ that honky [D]-tonk _ [A] music.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] That's the kind I [G] like to play. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ I've _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
[D] _ seen a [G] lot of women lie [D] too, and sometimes [G] I've [D] even tried [G] to.
When the night [D] is getting late and the ladies [A] look so _ _ good.
[D] I've been in bars [G] I didn't care [D]
for.
I asked myself [G] what was [D] I there [G] for.
But all in all [D] I wouldn't take [A] things even if [D] I could. _ _
_ _ [E] _ [G] I'm just playing that _ honky [D]-tonk _ [B] _
music.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ That's the kind I like [B] to play.
[A] _ _
_ _ _ [G] I'm just playing that _ [D] honky-tonk _ _ [A] music.
_ [C#] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] That's the kind I [G] like to play.
_ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] Honky-tonk music is [D] what I play. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _