Somebody save the honky tonks chords by Mark Chesnutt

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
I drove  (D major) down to the trap
But the joint was closed
Lately they've been
droppin like dominoes
A 
All  (A major) my favorite watering holes
D 
Are  (D major) dryin' up

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Verse 2

Tell me is it too much for a man to ask

To hear Haggard and Jones

sing C.C. Waterback

With the lights so low a - tramp will cost you one buck,

Verse 3
enough's enough
G 
 (G major) Somebody save the honky tonks
D 
The  (D major) hardwood floor and the
A 
quarter jukebox  (A major) 
Where's a workin' man gonna
D 
A 
go to get  (D major) tore up  (A major) 
D 
Em 
D 
 (D major) When the last one's  (E minor) tore  (D major) down

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) Somebody save the neon lights
D 
 (D major) And the cinderblock shacks
cross the county line
A 
 (A major) Every day another piece of
history's lost
D 
Em 
D 
Somebody  (D major) save  (E minor) the  (D major) honky
E 
tonks  (E major) 
A 
D 
A 
 (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 

Verse 5
B 
 (B major) 
E 
It's enough  (E major) to bring a tear
B 
to a bloodshot  (B major) eye
E 
Not  (E major) knowin where to go on Friday night
B 
To get down  (B major) and get loud
E 
And unwind from a  (E major) hard day
B 
Well  (B major) listen,

Verse 6
E 
 (E major) 
B 
We the people got a make a stand  (B major) 
E 
May (E major) be write a letter to our congressman
A 
B 
 (A major) Show  (B major) some support for
the drinkin' man
E 
We  (E major) can't wait until it's too late

Verse 7

Somebody save the honkytonks

The hardfloor and the quarter jukebox

Where's a workin' man

gonna go to get tore up

Verse 8
When the last one's tore down
A 
 (A major) Somebody save the neon lights
E 
And the  (E major) cinderblock shacks
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E 
 (C sharp minor) cross the  (E major) county line
B 
 (B major) Every day another piece of
history's lost
A 
E 
Somebody save  (A major) the  (E major) honky tonks
A 
B 
 (A major)  (B major) 

Verse 9
Why don't they take that old wreckin ball
A 
B 
 (A major) To the  (B major) upend bars down at the mall
All I'm askin' and I want
E 
Somebody save  (E major) the honky tonks