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****************** HONKY TONK HEROES ********************
written by Billy Soe Shaver
performed by Waylon Jennings.
Intro: D D B7 B7 A7
u d u d d u d u d
e -----------------2--2-------2--2----------2------2--2-------3--3----
B -----------------3--3-------3--3----------0------0--0-------2--2----
G -----------------2--2-------2--2----------2------2--2-------2--2----
D -------------0---0--0---0---0--0---0------1------1--1---2---2--2----
A --0--2---4----------------------------4--2----2--2--2---------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------
A7 D D D
u d u d Low down ...
e -------0--0-------2--2---------------------------2--2-------2--------
B -------2--2-------3--3---------------------------3--3-------3--------
G -------0--0-------2--2---------------------------2--2-------2--------
D -------2--2---0---0--0------------0--2--3--4--0---------0---0--------
A ---0---------------------0--2--4------------------------------------
E --------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 1:
D
Low down leaving sun,i've done
G
Did everything that needs done
D B7
Woe is me,why can't i see
E7 A
I best be leaving well enough alone
D
Them neon black nights,couldn't stay out of fights
G
Them keep a-huanting me memories
D B7
There is one in every crowd,for crying out loud
E7 A
Why was it always turning out be me
Chorus:
D
Where does it go,the good Lord only knows
G
It seems like it was just the other day
D B7
I was down at Green Gables,hawking them tables
E7 A
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay
D
Piano rolled blues,danced holes in my shoes
G
There weren't another other way to be
D B7
For loveable losers,no luck can't boozers
E7 A
And honky tonk heroes like me
Chorus.
Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
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