There Was A Tavern In The Town chords by Sammy Davis Jr.
Verse 1
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I want you cats to dig this story.
There was a tavern in the town
With a chick whose name was
Honey
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Brown
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Behind those swinging doors
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She filled my favorite stein
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An d my love promised
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to be mine
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There was a tavern down
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the street
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Where my true love
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and I would meet
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And when
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I clinged to her
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Like ivy to a vine
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I tasted lips as sweet as wine
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We rubbed elbows with the
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mayor and a grand piano player
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There was no one feelin' gayer
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when my poor heart broke
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Cause a fella they call
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Crandall overturned a lighted candle
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And the tavern and my love went
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up in smoke
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Mmm, don't you know I'll
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miss that tavern in the town
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And I will also miss
Miss
Honey
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Brown
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I am like a child that's lost
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The only friend he found
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So goodbye old tavern in the town
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Yes, goodbye, old tavern in the town
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I'll find the cat that burned you down
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I will never, never rest
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Until he's six feet in the ground
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So good -bye, good -bye,
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good -bye,
Tavern in
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Town!
Yeah!
There Was A Tavern In The Town
Sammy Davis Jr.
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