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Somebody save the honky tonks chords by Mark Chesnutt

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Em

  • E

  • B

    2
  • C#m

    4
Intro 1
D
A
D
Verse 1
D
I drove down to the trap
But the joint was closed
Lately they've been
droppin like dominoes
A
All my favorite watering holes
D
Are dryin' up

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Verse 2
D
Tell me is it too much for a man to ask
To hear Haggard and Jones
A
sing C.C. Waterback
D
With the lights so low a - tramp will cost you one buck,
Verse 3
enough's enough
G
Somebody save the honky tonks
D
The hardwood floor and the
A
quarter jukebox
Where's a workin' man gonna
D
A
go to get tore up
D
Em
D
When the last one's tore down
Verse 4
G
Somebody save the neon lights
D
And the cinderblock shacks
cross the county line
A
Every day another piece of
history's lost
D
Em
D
Somebody save the honky
E
tonks
A
D
A
Verse 5
B
E
It's enough to bring a tear
B
to a bloodshot eye
E
Not knowin where to go on Friday night
B
To get down and get loud
E
And unwind from a hard day
B
Well listen,
Verse 6
E
B
We the people got a make a stand
E
Maybe write a letter to our congressman
A
B
Show some support for
the drinkin' man
E
We can't wait until it's too late
Verse 7
A
Somebody save the honkytonks
E
The hardfloor and the quarter jukebox
B
Where's a workin' man
E
gonna go to get tore up
Verse 8
When the last one's tore down
A
Somebody save the neon lights
E
And the cinderblock shacks
C#m
E
cross the county line
B
Every day another piece of
history's lost
A
E
Somebody save the honky tonks
A
B
Verse 9
Why don't they take that old wreckin ball
A
B
To the upend bars down at the mall
All I'm askin' and I want
E
Somebody save the honky tonks
Outro 1
E
B
E
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