Honky Tonk Jelly Roll Blues chords by Johnny Horton

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