Sammy Kershaw - Honky Tonk America

      
 
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 Intro: G D Dsus4 C
 G                                         
 Well the day it ends when the sun comes up
     D                        C    
 and starts when the sun goes down.
 G                                            
 Out on the back roads and on the back streets
          D                C    
 of every farm and factory town.
 Em                    D           
 There in the world of weekly wage,
 G                          C     
 there's always a place out there,
         G             D             C            D     D 
 and the names and the faces are the same----everywhere.
 
 Chorus:
          G                    D      C     
 Well the room is full, it's a Friday night,
    G           D            C     
 we all want to hear "Louie, Louie"
             G                    D         C    
 It's been a long, hard day and a long hard life,
     G              D               C  
 and this is how we make it through it.
        Em                   D                 
 It's a blue collar place, a red blooded crowd,
   G                     C      
 tonight everything's all right,
 G D C pause

 In honky-tonk Amer-----ica.
 

 
 2x G D Dsus4 C
           G                                     
 There's a flashing sign on a rain soaked street,
 D                         C    
 that lights up just about dark.
   G                               
 A welcome beakon on a lost highway
             D                          C     
 when you're weary and when you've lost heart.
 Em             D          
 Never say it's lonelyness,
      G                       C    
 it's only the drinks and the band,
     G                D       C          
 but something brings us back here again,
     D     
 and again.
 
 Chorus:
          G                    D      C     
 Well the room is full, it's a Friday night.
    G           D           C     
 We all want to hear "Proud Mary."
             G                   D         C    
 It's been a long hard day and a long hard life,
       G           D          C     
 We've all got our crosses to carry.
        Em                   D                 
 It's a blue collar place, a red blooded crowd,
   G                      C      
 Tonight everything is all right,
 G D C PAUSE

 In honky-tonk Amer-----ica.
 

 
 1x G D Dsus4 C
 Em            D               
 We talk about freedom alright,
     G                C    
 But maybe some other time,
 Em C D 
    

 Tonight everybody's feeling fine-----------.
 

 
 Chorus:
          G                    D      C     
 Well the room is full, it's a Friday night.
    G            D          C     
 We all want to hear "Wolly Bully"
             G         D         C              
 It's been a long hard day and a long hard life,
        G             D          C    
 Monday morning we'll all do our duty.
        Em                   D                 
 It's a blue collar place, a red blooded crowd,
   G                     C      
 tonight every things all right,
    G     D    C       
 in honky-tonk Amer-ica
 G     D    C       
 honky-tonk Amer-ica
 G D C 
    

 honky-tonk Amer-----ica
 

 
 REPEAT NUMEROUS TIMES:
 G D Dsus4 C 
     
 G:300023
 D:232000
 Dsus4: 332000
 Em:000220
 C:010230