Knoxville Courthouse Blues

Knoxville Courthouse Blues easy guitar chords by Hank Williams, Jr.

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  • D

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  • A

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  • Intro 1


    I'm 
    Verse 1
    sittin' 

    in 
    Knoxville 
    courthouse 

    Ain't 
    got a 
    thing 
    to do 

    don't 
    wanna 
    go to 
    the movies 

    Couldn't 
    if I 
    wanted 
    to 

    'Cause 
    I'm on tri
    al 
    for 
    lovin' 
    you 

    Verse 2
    Now 
    this 
    all started 
    in a 
    honky 
    tonk 

    Just the 
    other 
    side 
    of town 

    girl 
    come in 
    took a stool 
    by me 

    Ordered 
    gin 
    and 
    drank 
    it down 

    She 
    lit 
    up a cigar
    ette, 

    sexily turned 
    around 

    Well she 
    Verse 3
    said 
    my name 
    is 
    Janie 

    And 
    asked 
    me 
    what 
    was mine 

    answered 
    Hank 
    as I walked 

    to the 
    jukebox 

    Droppin' 
    a dime 

    Checked out 
    her short 
    dress, 

    low 
    neck 
    line 

    Verse 4
    Well, we 
    danced 
    for five 
    or 
    ten 
    minutes 

    And I 
    held 
    her 
    close 
    to me 

    Kissed 
    her lips 
    and 
    squeezed 
    her hips 

    And 
    judged 
    about 
    twenty 
    three 

    Whispered 
    in my 
    ears, 
    I said, 

    "Yes, 
    siree" 

    Verse 5
    Now the 
    scene 
    is 
    a little 
    motel 

    Out on 
    the state 
    high
    way 

    there 
    in room 
    12 

    A little 
    love 
    is about 
    to 
    take 
    place 

    And a 
    state trooper 
    breaks 

    down the 
    door 

    Shines 
    a flashlight 
    in my 
    face 

    Verse 6
    said, 
    "What the 
    hell is 
    this?" 

    And 
    an
    other 
    man and 
    woman 
    come 
    in 

    And 
    the girl 
    I'm 
    with 

    Starts 
    cryin' 
    and 
    screamin' 

    And she 
    runs 
    over 
    to them 

    Said, "Thank 
    God 
    you're here, 
    he 

    Tried to 
    hurt 
    me, 
    mama" 

    I said, 
    "Now, 
    you don't 
    mean?" 

    The 
    cop says, 
    "Son, 
    the 
    girl is 
    seventeen 

    Verse 7
    So 
    that's 
    why 
    I'm in Knoxville 

    courthouse 

    And the 
    judge 
    passed 

    the sentence 
    on 
    me 

    And it's ten 
    long 
    years 
    for 
    statutory 

    Rape 
    in the 
    state 
    penitentiary 

    Lord, I 
    can't 
    be
    lieve 

    this 
    is 
    happened 
    to me 

    Verse 8
    So 
    when 
    next 
    time 
    you give 

    girl 
    the eye 

    She gives 
    you 
    that 
    certain 
    smile 

    Just 
    remember 
    under 
    that 

    wo
    man's 
    breast 

    May 
    beat the 
    heart 
    of a child 

    Don't you 
    let yourself 
    be 

    the one 
    to 

    Help a mixed 
    up 
    kid 
    go wild 

    Verse 9
    This 
    story 
    happened 
    a lot, 
    that's true 

    But you 
    better 
    hope and 
    pray 

    It never 
    hap
    pens 
    to you 

    Outro 1




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