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When you are sad and lonely and have no place to go 
 
Call me up, sweet baby, and bring along some dough 
 
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin' 
 
Honky tonkin', honey baby 
                        B7         E 
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town. 
 
 
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When you and your baby have a fallin' out 
 
Just call me up sweet mama and we'll go steppin' out 
 
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin' 
 
Honky tonkin', honey baby 
                        B7         E 
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town. 
 
 
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We're goin' to the city, to the city fair, 
 
If you go to the city then you will find me there. 
 
And we'll go honky tonkin', honky tonkin,' 
 
Honky tonkin', honey baby, 
                        B7         E 
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town. 
 
 
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And we'll go Honky Tonkin', Honky Tonkin', 
 
Honky Tonkin', honey baby, 
                        B7         E 
We'll go honky tonkin' 'round this town.