Honky Tonk Crowd
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(1)
(D)When i was a baby, my sweet mamma told me.
(A)Go around this world and see all you can(D)see.
(D)Find a good woman,get a job and settle down.
(D)But I could not stay a(A)way from the lights of(D)town.
(G)I had to go where the music was loud and,
(D)i fell in with a Honky Tonk crowd.
(2)
(D)Let the jukebox play,lets dance all night.
(D)When you get down on the(A)floor.
(A)You know you got it(D)right.
(D)Where there's a neon light
(G)That's where i'll be bound.
(D)Cause I feel right at home with a
honky tonk crowd.
(3)
There was a debutante in Dallas,nearly blew my mind.
She was raised on caviar and real fine wine.
She didn't like hillbilly music,and
that was more than i could take.
I left that lovely little cowgirl waitin' in the lonestar state.
Cause I had to go where the music was loud,
I was right at home with a honky tonk croud
(repeat 2)
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