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TABBY CAT MUSIC ARCHIVES 

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Transcribed by: asf0@comcast.net  Alice Franceschini
Date:  June 25, 2019
Album: Honky Tonk Time Machine
Written by: Dean Dillon, Bubba Strait & George Strait
Note:  n.c. means play no chord


EVERY LITTLE HONKY TONK BAR - George Strait

Bb   C      F

F
Whiskey is the gasoline that lights the fire that burns the bridge
Dm
Ice creates the water that's no longer running under it
Bb                                                         C
Stool holds the fool that pours the whiskey on his broken heart
F
Cigarettes create the smoke that hides the lonesome in his eyes
      Dm
The jukebox plays Hank, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
Bb                                                   C
Dance floor holds the folks trying to forget who they are
    Bb                     C                       F
And that's what happens in every little honky tonk bar



F       Bb             C
Friday night, it's a given
        F         Dm
I'll be L-I-V-N, livin
      Bb                           C                      F
We'll dance on the bar til we're sleeping it off in the car
F       Bb              C
Monday morning it's a given
        F           Dm
I'll be D-R-A-G-N, draggin
    Bb                      C                       F
And that's what happens in every little honky tonk bar

lead

F
Neon lights flashing bright til you're almost hypnotized
Dm
Waitress short skirt gets hit on by every guy
Bb                                         C
Comin' and going always rolling with the flow
F
Bartender pouring drinks, Codigo double shot
    Dm
You think you're tall and bulletproof until somebody says you're not
    Bb                                               C
You step outside thinking you're gonna show em you are
    Bb                      C                       F
And that's what happens in every little honky tonk bar



F       Bb            C
Friday night, it's a given
        F         Dm
I'll be L-I-V-N, living
      Bb                           C                      F
We'll dance on the bar til we're sleeping it off in the car
F       Bb               C
Monday morning, it's a given
        F            Dm
I'll be D-R-A-G-N, dragging
     Bb                     C                      F
And that's what happens in every little honky tonk bar
      Bb                     C                       F
Yeah that's what happens in every little honky tonk bar

strum once on F
n.c.                                                            Bb         F
Whiskey is the gasoline that lights the fire that burns the bridge