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Honky Tonk Music
From "A Man Must Carry On"
by George Hawke

D               G
Every night I play the places
D                 G
Neon lights and smilin' faces
                  D
People laugh and talk away
                       A
The evenings while I play
D                 G
Ask myself, "Why do I do it?".
D                    G
Guess there must be somethin' to it.
                   D                      A        D
Getting' paid for doin' something I'd be doin' anyway


CHORUS:
               G                      D A
And I'm just playing that honky tonk music
D                           A
That's the kind I like to play
             G                      D A
(I'm) Just playing that honky tonk music
D           A               G        D
That's the kind I like to play


Wish that I could have a dollar
For every drunk that I've heard holler
Every barroom brawler I've seen just sleepin' off his fight.

And all the stories I've been told
Guess I'd have me a pot of gold
Even if half the stories told had turned out to be right.

CHORUS

GUITAR(s) SOLO
STEEL GUITAR SOLO

Seen a lot of women lied to
And sometimes I've even tried to
When the night is gettin' late and the ladies look so good

I've been in bars I didn't care for
I asked myself "What was it there for?"
All in all I wouldn't changes things even if I could

CHORUS

Honky tonk music is what I play


Tabbed by Michael Shaw <mshaw@io.com>