Heaven Is A Honky Tonk chords by The Highwomen

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E MajorE  BB  F#F#  BB


Verse 1:
 BB              E MajorE
All my heroes are going to heaven

     BB                F#F#
All the junkies and the liars and the fools

 BB                   E MajorE        BB
All good-timin' men will leave their voices on the wind

    BB        F#F#       BB
It's a kindness we cannot repay to them

Chorus:
      E MajorE          BB                 E MajorE
There's a choir singin' in a southern accent, a fiddle in the band

      BB                  F#F#     F#7F#7
There's a "Hallelujah!" on the lips of every dying man

 E MajorE         BB   E MajorE            BB
Mama, don't you cry when they're dead and gone

 E MajorE           BB             F#F#    BB
Jesus, he loves his sinners and heaven is a honky tonk

 E MajorE     BB     F#F#      BB
Hoo-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo-oo


Verse 2:
 BB
I won't say their names

       E MajorE        BB
They've been said enough in vain

     BB                 F#F#
Just the memory and the thousand years of smiles

   BB
The lines around your eyes

     E MajorE        BB
Tell me you're not far behind

             F#F#          BB
But I can see the livin' free was worth the while

Chorus:
      E MajorE          BB                 E MajorE
There's a choir singin' in a southern accent, a fiddle in the band

      BB                  F#F#     F#7F#7
There's a "Hallelujah!" on the lips of every dying man

 E MajorE         BB   E MajorE            BB
Mama, don't you cry when they're dead and gone

 E MajorE           BB             F#F#    BB
Jesus, he loves his sinners and heaven is a honky tonk

 E MajorE     BB     F#F#      BB
Hoo-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo-oo


Verse 3:
 BB             E MajorE           BB
Happiness, they say is a jukebox that always plays

                   F#F#
And a lonesome heart ain't lonely anymore

    BB                 E MajorE      BB
Every soul that dare passed on is now covered in neon

            F#F#         BB
They dance with silver wings on wooden floors


Chorus:
      E MajorE          BB                 E MajorE
There's a choir singin' in a southern accent, a fiddle in the band

      BB                  F#F#     F#7F#7
There's a "Hallelujah!" on the lips of every dying man

 E MajorE         BB   E MajorE            BB
Mama, don't you cry when they're dead and gone

 E MajorE           BB             F#F#    BB
Jesus, he loves his sinners and heaven is a honky tonk

 E MajorE     BB     F#F#      BB
Hoo-oo, hoo-oo, hoo-oo-oo