Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Verse 1:
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
I was out on a drunk
B7B7
I was wild enough to shoot at
Too high to hit
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Too low to try
Try as I may
B7B7
Have good intentions
Natural-born heathens
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Love backslider's wine
Verse 2:
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Brothers and sisters
B7B7
That would be bourbon
That'd be 'bout the furthest
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Thing that I need
All my born days
B7B7
I ain't never been decent
At hidin' the demons
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E7E7
I'm haulin' in me
Chorus:
A augmentedA
Too often I reach
E MajorE A augmentedA
For things I know keep me for bein' all that I can
B7B7
Like a man
Interlude:
E MajorE B7B7 E MajorE E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
Verse 3:
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
There are things I recall
B7B7
There are things that are hazy
There are things that just shame me
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E MajorE
There are things I can't change
Try as I might
B7B7
Too have good intentions
Natural-born heathens
E MajorE Esus4Esus4 E7E7
Love backslidin' ways
Chorus:
A augmentedA
Too often I reach
E MajorE A augmentedA
For things I know keep me for being all that I can
B7B7
Like a man
Verse 1:
E MajorE
I was out of my mind the first night we met
B7B7
I was feeling lonely and blue
I'd just moved to the country to get me some rest
E MajorE
The city can put a hurtin' on you
Especially a fella from eastern Kentucky
A augmentedA
Without a penny or a worth to his name
E MajorE
Wasting his life on a burnin' desire
B7B7 E MajorE
And chasing that honky tonk flame
Verse 2:
E MajorE
You were soft on the eyes and a Hymn on the hearing
B7B7
Leaving me helpless of lines
To get you to listen to the way I was feelin'
E MajorE
And the plans I had made for our night
Hold on now buddy won't ya wait up a minute
A augmentedA
You're mistaken if you think I'm the same
E MajorE
As them skirts you've been chasin' all over town
B7B7 E MajorE
Along with that honky tonk flame
Chorus 1:
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
I'm a woman with a love so true
B7B7
Truth of the matter I'd give it to you
E MajorE A augmentedA
You just got to slow down, quit actin' that way
B7B7 E MajorE
Burnin' your barn in this honky tonk flame
Verse 3:
E MajorE
You were sweet to the touch
And a touch for the takin'
B7B7
The minute I learned how to breathe
Finally found out that the love of a woman
E MajorE
Who loved me was all that I'd need
Still on the road cause I ain't good for nothin'
A augmentedA
Except writing the songs that I sing
E MajorE
Beating them strings like they're owing me money
B7B7 E MajorE
And chasing that honky tonk flame
Chorus 2:
A augmentedA D MajorD E MajorE
But I got me a woman with a love so true
B7B7
Darlin' to me but that's missus to you
E MajorE A augmentedA
All I did was slow down and quit actin' insane
B7B7 E MajorE
Burnin' my barn in this honky tonk flame