Chords for Merle Haggard - "Honky Tonky Mama" (Full Album Stream)
Tempo:
93.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Cm
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] If you go down to the bottom, better watch the way you act.
If you fool around them honkies, you will never make it back.
[G] When you [F] get in trouble, best you can do is [C] lose.
For [G] them honky tonky mamas, they'll give you the honky [Cm] blues.
[C] I went down to the bottom just a week ago today, met a honky tonky baby and I couldn't get away.
[F]
Lost all my money and finally had an [C]
excuse.
[G] For them honky tonky mamas, already had them [C] honky blues.
I drank a half a pint of liquor and a half a pint of gin, saw my honky tonky mama fooling
around some other man.
[F]
Really felt mistreated and my baby I was about [Cm] to lose.
[G] Got jealous of my baby, I had them all honky [C] tonky blues.
Sure [Cm] did.
[A] [C] Yeah.
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [G]
[C] She's a honky tonky mama, got honky tonky ways.
She got me in trouble, now I'm serving days.
[F]
Big police got me, would not turn me loose.
[G] Took me down to the station, locked me in a [C] Cali bus.
Good morning, good.
When I go back to the bottom, gonna watch my peas and juice.
For them honky tonky mamas, will be giving me the blues.
[F]
Gonna have protection, I think I have paid [C] my dues.
I'll [G] find me a honky tonky mama and give her back these old honky [C] tonky blues.
I'll [G] find me a honky tonky mama and give her these old honky [Cm] blues.
I'll find [G] me a honky tonky mama and give her these old [Gm] honky [Gm] tonky blues.
[Cm] [C]
If you fool around them honkies, you will never make it back.
[G] When you [F] get in trouble, best you can do is [C] lose.
For [G] them honky tonky mamas, they'll give you the honky [Cm] blues.
[C] I went down to the bottom just a week ago today, met a honky tonky baby and I couldn't get away.
[F]
Lost all my money and finally had an [C]
excuse.
[G] For them honky tonky mamas, already had them [C] honky blues.
I drank a half a pint of liquor and a half a pint of gin, saw my honky tonky mama fooling
around some other man.
[F]
Really felt mistreated and my baby I was about [Cm] to lose.
[G] Got jealous of my baby, I had them all honky [C] tonky blues.
Sure [Cm] did.
[A] [C] Yeah.
[F]
[C]
[Dm] [G]
[C] She's a honky tonky mama, got honky tonky ways.
She got me in trouble, now I'm serving days.
[F]
Big police got me, would not turn me loose.
[G] Took me down to the station, locked me in a [C] Cali bus.
Good morning, good.
When I go back to the bottom, gonna watch my peas and juice.
For them honky tonky mamas, will be giving me the blues.
[F]
Gonna have protection, I think I have paid [C] my dues.
I'll [G] find me a honky tonky mama and give her back these old honky [C] tonky blues.
I'll [G] find me a honky tonky mama and give her these old honky [Cm] blues.
I'll find [G] me a honky tonky mama and give her these old [Gm] honky [Gm] tonky blues.
[Cm] [C]
Key:
C
G
F
Cm
Gm
C
G
F
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ If you go down to the bottom, better watch the way you act.
If you fool around them honkies, you will never make it back.
[G] When you [F] get in trouble, best you can do is [C] lose.
_ For [G] them honky tonky mamas, they'll give you the honky [Cm] blues.
_ [C] I went down to the bottom just a week ago today, met a honky tonky baby and I couldn't get away.
_ [F]
Lost all my money and finally had an [C] _
excuse.
[G] For them honky tonky mamas, already had them [C] honky blues.
I drank a half a pint of liquor and a half a pint of gin, saw my honky tonky mama fooling
around some other man.
[F]
Really felt mistreated and my baby I was about [Cm] to _ lose.
[G] Got jealous of my baby, I had them all honky [C] tonky blues.
Sure [Cm] did.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] Yeah. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ She's a honky tonky mama, got honky tonky ways.
She got me in trouble, now I'm serving days.
[F]
Big police got me, would not turn me loose.
[G] Took me down to the station, locked me in a [C] Cali bus.
Good morning, good.
When I go back to the bottom, gonna watch my peas and juice.
For them honky tonky mamas, will be giving me the blues.
[F]
Gonna have protection, I think I have paid [C] my dues.
I'll [G] find me a honky tonky mama and give her back these old honky [C] tonky blues.
I'll [G] find me a honky tonky mama and give her these old honky [Cm] blues.
_ I'll find [G] me a honky tonky mama and give her these old [Gm] honky [Gm] tonky blues.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ If you go down to the bottom, better watch the way you act.
If you fool around them honkies, you will never make it back.
[G] When you [F] get in trouble, best you can do is [C] lose.
_ For [G] them honky tonky mamas, they'll give you the honky [Cm] blues.
_ [C] I went down to the bottom just a week ago today, met a honky tonky baby and I couldn't get away.
_ [F]
Lost all my money and finally had an [C] _
excuse.
[G] For them honky tonky mamas, already had them [C] honky blues.
I drank a half a pint of liquor and a half a pint of gin, saw my honky tonky mama fooling
around some other man.
[F]
Really felt mistreated and my baby I was about [Cm] to _ lose.
[G] Got jealous of my baby, I had them all honky [C] tonky blues.
Sure [Cm] did.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [C] Yeah. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ She's a honky tonky mama, got honky tonky ways.
She got me in trouble, now I'm serving days.
[F]
Big police got me, would not turn me loose.
[G] Took me down to the station, locked me in a [C] Cali bus.
Good morning, good.
When I go back to the bottom, gonna watch my peas and juice.
For them honky tonky mamas, will be giving me the blues.
[F]
Gonna have protection, I think I have paid [C] my dues.
I'll [G] find me a honky tonky mama and give her back these old honky [C] tonky blues.
I'll [G] find me a honky tonky mama and give her these old honky [Cm] blues.
_ I'll find [G] me a honky tonky mama and give her these old [Gm] honky [Gm] tonky blues.
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _