Honky Tonk Jelly Roll Blues chords by Johnny Horton

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Verse 1
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 (C major) Mr. Cross, I'm going to send you
a dub of this one here for the band
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so you  (F major) can get an idea
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of how it'll go.  (C major) 
Honky Tonk Jelly Roll Blues
for me.
In a back room down in Memphis
Down in Memphis, Tennessee
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The gal  (F major) plays piano kind of specially
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 (C major) She plays a  (G major) tune called a honky -tonk
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in jelly old blue so  (C major) mean.
She's a gal from Louisiana
way down in New Orleans.
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The The  (F major) song she was singin'
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fit her like a  (C major) dream
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She's the  (G major) gal that plays the honky -tonkin' jelly roll
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blues so  (C major) mean  (G major)  (C major)  (F major) 
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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
Oh, pretty baby,
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don't you ever leave  (G major) this  (C major) town
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Don't  (F major) worry, baby,
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your daddy'll never curve around  (C major) 
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Cause I'm a  (G major) guy that likes his
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bridges built up from the  (C major) ground
If you're ever down in Memphis,
or way down in New Orleans,
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find  (F major) the gal that plays piano
kinda specially.
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 (C major) And hear this  (G major) gal play the
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honky -tonkin'  (D major)  (G major) jelly roll blues,
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so  (C major) meek.