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Key: Eb
* = strum once and mute
Intro:
G A D E7 A7 D A A7
Chorus:
D D/C# D7
It's just a little bitty, pissant, country place,
G E7
Ain't nothin' much to see,
A A7 G A D
No drinking allowed, we get a nice quiet crowd, plain as it can be.
A7 D F/Db D7
It's just a piddly squatin' old time country place,
G G/F# E7
Ain't nothing too high tone,
A A7
Just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill,
G* D
But there's nothing dirty going on;
G A D
Nothing dirty going on.
Verse:
D E7 A7 D
We get simple farmers, local business men,
D B7 E7 A
Congress folks from Austin, young boys looking for sin.
D D7 G B7
Now we used to get a lot of rough necks, when the oil boom was high,
G D B7 E7 A7 D
But pay day would get a little rowdy
thank God the field run dry.
Chorus:
D D/C# D7
It's just a little bitty, pissant, country place,
G E7
Ain't nothin' much to see,
A A7 G A D
No drinking allowed, we get a nice quiet crowd, plain as it can be.
A7 D D/C# D7
It's just a piddly squatin' old time country place,
G G/F# E7
Ain't nothing too high tone,
A A7
Just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill,
G D
But there's nothing dirty going on;
G A D
Nothing dirty going on.
Verse:
D E7 A7 D
I don't hire no married girls, they're not on the ball,
D B7 E7 A
They got homes and husbands, they're not stable at all.
D D7 G B7
You know they don't understand a thing about a proper business day,
G D B7 E7 A7 D
Now what's the point in opening up the store, if you give the goods away?
D E7 A7 D
Keep your language clean girls, keep your bedrooms neat,
D B7 E7 A
And don't hang around the town cafe and say “hi,” on the street.
D D7 G B7
Mind your P's and Q's and manners, and you don't need no other tools,
G D B7 E7 A7 D
‘Cause every girl that lives here knows, my special no-no rules;
G D B7 E7 A7 D
Yea every girl that lives here knows, Miss Mona's no-no rules.
D
Ruby, Ray start em!
Bridge 1:
D
Beds are not to be wallowed in,
D7 G
That's the kind of thing that big fat lazy hogs do.
G
And it don't make money!
G
Betrix!
D A A
I won't tolerate no tying up my telephone with other peoples' business.
A
Eloise honey!
D
And please don't show us no tattoos,
D7 G
No hearts and flowers on your thigh,
G
It's downright tacky.
D A A7 D
Brands belong on cattle, and that ain't what we're selling at Miss Mona's.
D D7
Do you catch my drift?
G D
I pay the food and the rent and the utilities,
G D
You keep your mind on your work responsibilities.
G D
Don't let your mouth overload your capabilities,
A G D
And we can get along.
D
Dawn!
G C G
Any bad habits you come in with, get rid of right now,
G
Tatty Joe!
G A7 D
I can't stand no chewing gum, it looks just like a cow.
D7
Linda Lu!
G C G
Any one taking sick leave ought to be real sure they're sick,
G C
And every time you hear that bell
D C G
You better get here double quick.
Bridge 2:
C
And as for pimps,
C
Pimps are something you don't need,
C7 F
To get your daily business done.
F
Are you listening good?
C
Keep them leaches and blood suckers off the back roads,
F
I know how to use a gun,
F
And nobody messes with my girls.
C C7
And any questions you might have about the way I run this place
F
Don't gripe and whine behind my back,
C
Just tell me face to face, I'm open-minded, say it all
G C C7
Then go upstairs and pack, the door's that-a-way
F C
She pays the food and the rent and the utilities
F C
We keep our mind on our work responsibilities
F C
Don't let your mouth overload your capabilities
G F C A A7
And we can get along
Chorus:
D D/C# D7
It's just a little bitty, pissant, country place,
G E7
Ain't nothin' much to see,
A A7 G A D
No drinking allowed, we get a nice quiet crowd, plain as it can be.
A7 D D/C# D7
It's just a piddly squatin' old time country place,
G G/F# E7
Ain't nothing too high tone,
A A7
Just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill,
A A7
Just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill,
A A7
Just lots of good will, and maybe one small thrill,
G A D
But there’s nothing dirty going on; Pah
Song History
Published: March 3, 2026
Last Updated: March 3, 2026