Honkytonk U

Intro strumming is D, Cadd9, G, D

Verse 1
        D                          
My Grandmother owned a night club 
     Cadd9     G        D
on the Arkansas Oklahoma line
Mama put me on a Greyhound and I 
went to stay with her in the 
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summertime
    G                              
 Cadd9             G
       D
I'd box up those empty longnecks and
 stack 'em in the back and make a 
hand
                                    
       Cadd9        G
D
Then at night she'd let me sneak out
 of the kitchen and sit in with the 
band

Verse 2
                                    
  Cadd9              G
 D
Yes I have sacked some quartebacks 
and broke my share of bones along 
the way
I knew it wouldn't last forever 
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semi-pro always means semi-payed
  G                                
 Cadd9                G
         D
I started climbin' drillin' rigs I'm
 oil field trash and proud as I can 
be
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Then I took my songs and guitar and
Cadd9          G              D
 sang 'em to a man from Tennessee

Chorus
            G                      
     Cadd9          G
   D
I've played every beer joint tavern 
from New York City out to Pasadena
Every corn dog fair and rodeo and 
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sold out every basketball arena
        D                       
Like to get down with my boys in 
   Cadd9         G            D
Afghanistan and Bahgdad City too
       D               F         
Cadd9        G
  D
I am a red, white, and blue blood 
graduate of Honkytonk U

Repeat Intro strummming

Verse 3
  E                               
A star can't burn forever and the 
D                   A
brightest ones will someday loose 
their
E                                 
shine.  But the glass won't ever 
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be half empty in my optimistic mind
           A                       
  D               A
     E
I'll still have a song to sing and a
 band to turn it up and play it loud
As long as there's a bar room with a
 D                  A         E
 corner stage and a honkytonk crowd

Chorus
            A                      
      D             A
  E
I've played every beer joint tavern 
from New York City out o Pasadena
Every corn dog fair and rodeo and 
                           B7
sold out every basketball arena
        E                       
Like to get down with my boys in 
   D             A            E
Afghanistan and Bahgdad City too
          E               G       
   D           A
     E
Son I'm a red, white, and blue blood
 graduate of Honkytonk U
               E              G   
       D
        E
That's right a red, white and blue 
blood graduate of Honkytonk U