Honky Tonk World chords by Chris Ledoux

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
E MajorE E E MajorE E

Verse:
E MajorE
Well there used to be a time
E MajorE
When candlelight and wine
        D MajorD      A augmentedA
Was all that a woman would need
B7B7
Man you were a winner
B7B7
If you took her out to dinner
             E MajorE
Or a movie she wanted to see
E MajorE
But the world has turned
E MajorE
And it's time you learned
               A augmentedA
That the old ain't working no more
B7B7
Yeah the rules have changed
B7B7
And it's a brand new game
             E MajorE E E MajorE E
And buddy if you want to score

Chorus:
A augmentedA
You gotta get off the couch
A augmentedA
Get out of the house
E MajorE
Long about Friday night
A augmentedA
Shine up your boots
F#F#
Polish up your moves
    B7B7            G+G
If you want to keep her satisfied
E MajorE
You know a little bump and grind'll
E MajorE
Do it every time
                A augmentedA
If you want to keep your little girl
    E MajorE
But you don't stand a chance
     A augmentedA
'Less you take her out and dance
      BB           E MajorE
Cause we're living in a honky tonk world

Verse:
E MajorE
Well sooner or later
E MajorE
All you couch potatoes
         D MajorD   A augmentedA
Are gonna be the lonely ones
A augmentedA
If you want good lovin' then you gotta keep up
A augmentedA                     E MajorE
And you better know your Brooks from your Dunn
E MajorE
Don't even think that your Englebert Humperdink
E MajorE       D MajorD    A augmentedA
Record's gonna turn her on
   B7B7
Cause Mister you can bet
B7B7
If you don't know the steps
               E MajorE E E MajorE E
Then you're gonna get left at home

Chorus:
A augmentedA
You gotta get off the couch
A augmentedA
Get out of the house
E MajorE
Long about Friday night
A augmentedA
Shine up your boots
F#F#
Polish up your moves
    B7B7            G+G
If you want to keep her satisfied
E MajorE
You know a little bump and grind'll
E MajorE
Do it every time
                A augmentedA
If you want to keep your little girl
    E MajorE
But you don't stand a chance
     A augmentedA
'Less you take her out and dance
      BB           E MajorE
Cause we're living in a honky tonk world

Instrumental Break:
E MajorE E E MajorE E A augmentedA A majorA A augmentedA A majorA E MajorE E B7B7 B7 E MajorE E

Bridge:
E MajorE
Now if your were Cro-Magnon
E MajorE
You'd would be a-draggin'
E MajorE                 G+G A augmentedA
Them women by the hair to your cave
E MajorE
You'd be down on your knees
E MajorE                      G+G A augmentedA
Recitin' those soliloquis back in Romeo's day
E MajorE
Yeah and you'd be kinda nifty
E MajorE
If we were in the fifties
E MajorE               G+G A augmentedA
And you had a cool car to drive
E MajorE
Well we're living in the nineties
    A augmentedA
So you better shake your hiney
     B7B7
Or you're gonna get left behind

Chorus:
A augmentedA
You gotta get off the couch
A augmentedA
Get out of the house
E MajorE
Long about Friday night
A augmentedA
Shine up your boots
F#F#
Polish up your moves
    B7B7            G+G
If you want to keep her satisfied
E MajorE
You know a little bump and grind'll
E MajorE
Do it every time
                A augmentedA
If you want to keep your little girl
    E MajorE
But you don't stand a chance
     A augmentedA
'Less you take her out and dance
      BB           E MajorE
Cause we're living in a honky tonk world

Outro:
    E MajorE
No you don't stand a chance
     A augmentedA
'Less you take her out and dance
      BB           E MajorE E E MajorE E
Cause we're living in a honky tonk world