-----(capo 3rd fret)----- 
 
 
Intro - D - G - D - A 
 
 
(verse 1) 
D                    
It's Friday evening six o'clock, 
     G 
And all my friends are twisting off, 
    D                            A 
I'm at the house just turnin on t.v. 
     D 
Well they all wonder why I've changed, 
     G 
How many times must I explain, 
      D           A           D 
It's basic honky tonk anatomy, 
      D                               G 
The drinkin bone's connected to the party bone, 
     D                              A 
The party bone's connected to the stayin out all night long, 
     D                              G 
She won't think it's funny and I'll wind up all alone, 
         D               A               D   D  D 
And the lonely bone's connected to the drinkin bone,  
 (verse 2) 
     D 
Hey two plus two is always four, 
     G 
And down is south and up is north, 
       D                       A 
Thirty-two degrees is freezin cold, 
     D 
You play with fire you wind up burned, 
     G 
The early bird gets the worm, 
     D                  A                D 
But the only thing you really need to know is, 
     D                               G 
The drinkin bone's connected to the party bone, 
     D                              A 
The party bone's connected to the stayin out all night long, 
     D                              G 
She won't think it's funny and I'll wind up all alone, 
         D               A               D   D  D 
And the lonely bone's connected to the drinkin bone, 
(lead chords - D - G - D - A - D - G 
         D               A                    D  D  D 
yea now sing it with me let's make sure you know, 
     D                               G 
The drinkin bone's connected to the party bone, 
     D                              A 
The party bone's connected to the stayin out all night long, 
     D                              G 
She won't think it's funny and I'll wind up all alone, 
         D               A          
And the lonely bone's connected to the,  
     D                               G 
The drinkin bone's connected to the party bone, 
     D                              A 
The party bone's connected to the stayin out all night long, 
     D                              G 
She won't think it's funny and I'll wind up all alone, 
         D               A               D   D  D 
And the lonely bone's connected to the drinkin bone,