Honky Cat chords by
Elton John

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
D D 
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When I look back, boy,
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I must have been green
Bopping in the country,
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fishing in a stream
Looking for an answer, trying to find a sign
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Until I saw your city lights,
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honey, I was blind

Verse 2
Bm Bm 2
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B B 2
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They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
E E 
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Well, I  quit those days
and my redneck ways
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D D 
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And, mmhm-hm-hm, oh, oh,
change is gonna do me good
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Verse 3
B B 2
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You better get back, honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at
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It's like trying to find gold in a silver mine
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It's like trying to drink whiskey,
oh, from a bottle of wine
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Verse 4
D D 
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Well, I  read some books,
and I read some magazines
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About those high-class ladies ladies
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down in New Orleans
D D 
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And all the folks back home,
well, said I was a fool
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They said, oh,
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G G 
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D D 
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"Believe in the Lord" is the golden rule

Verse 5
B B 2
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They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
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Em Em 
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But I  quit those days and
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my redneck ways
D D 
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And, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh,

Interlude 1

change is gonna do me good

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Verse 6
B B 2
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They said, get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
E E 
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Em Em 
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Well, I  quit those days and
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my redneck ways
D D 
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And, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
change is gonna do me good
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Verse 7
Em Em 
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D D 
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They said, stay at home, boy,
you gotta tend the farm
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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Living in the city, boy, is,
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is going to break your heart
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But how can you stay when
your heart says no?
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How can you stop when
your feet say go?

Verse 8
Bm Bm 2
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You better get back, honky cat
Better get back to the woods
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Well, I  quit those days and
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E E 
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my red neck ways
D D 
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And, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, oh,
the change is gonna do me good
G G 
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Verse 9
D D 
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B B 2
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You better get back, honky cat
Living in the city ain't where it's at
E E 
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It's like trying to find gold
Em Em 
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E E 
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in a   silver mine
D D 
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It's like trying to drink whiskey,
oh, from a bottle of wine
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D D 
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G G 
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Verse 10
D D 
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Oh, yeah
Get back, honky cat
Get back, honky cat
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Get back, woo
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C C 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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Verse 11

Get back, honky cat

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Get back, woo

Interlude 2
Em Em 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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D D 
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Em Em 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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Em Em 
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Oh,

Verse 12
D D 
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get back, honky cat
Get back, get back, honky cat,
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woo
(Oh yeah,
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C C 
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redneck ways and, woo)

Outro 1

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