Chords for Martin McDaniel - Bartender's Blues (Acoustic Cover) // The George Jones Sessions

[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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[F] _ [G] _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
[F] _ [Ab] Now I'm just a bartender [Db] and I don't [Bbm] like my work, but [Eb] I don't mind [F] the [Gm] money [Ab] at all.
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[G] [Ab] I see lots of sad faces and [Db] lots of [Bbm] bad cases [Eb] of folks with their [F] backs to [Gb] [Ab] the wall.
_ [Eb] [F] I [G] [Ab] need four walls around me [Db] to hold [Bbm] my life, [Eb] to keep me from [F]
[Db] going [Ab] astray.
_ [Eb] _ [F] _
[G] [Ab] And a honky-tonky jail [Db] to hold [Bbm] my life, [Eb] to keep me from [F] slipping [G] _ [Ab] away.
I [Eb] _ [F] _
[G] [Ab] can light up your smokes. _
[Db] I can laugh at [Bbm] your jokes.
[Eb] I can watch you fall [F] down [G] on [Ab] your knees.
[Eb] _ [F] _
[G] [Ab] I can close down this bar.
I [Db] can gas up [Bbm] my car.
I [Eb] can go home and [F] mail [Db] in my [Ab] key.
_ [Eb] I [F] _
[Db] [Ab] need four walls around me [Db] to hold my [Bbm] life, _ [Eb] to keep me from [F]
[Ab] going astray.
_ [Eb] _ [F]
[G] And [Ab] a honky-tonky jail [Db] to hold my [Bbm] life, _ [Eb] to keep me from [F] slipping [Gb] [Ab] away.
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[B] [Bb] The smoke fills the [D] air [Bb]
of [Eb] this honky [C]-tonk [Cm] bar, [F] and I'm thinking about where I'd rather [Bb] be.
_ [F] _ [G] _
[A] [Bb] But I've burned all my [Dm] bridges, [Eb] and I sank [Cm] all my ships.
[F] Now I'm standing at the edge [Bb] of the sea.
[F] I [G] _ [Bb] need four walls around me [Eb] to hold my [Cm] life, _ [F] to keep me from [G] [A] going [Bb] astray.
_ [F] _
[G] [A] And [Bb] a honky _ -tonky jail [Eb] to hold my [Cm] life, _ [F] to keep me from [G] slipping [Am] _ [Bb] away. _
[F] _ [G] [Am] And [Bb] a honky [D]-tonky [G] _ [Eb] jail to hold [Cm] my life, _ [F]
to keep me _ _ from slipping _ _ away.
[Eb] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _