Honky Tonk Gal chords by Carl Perkins

Honky Tonk Gal:Carl Perkins.
Unissued, rare Rockabilly on
SUN Records from 1954.


INTRO: Bb Eb

#1.
Eb
They took a light from a honky tonk, put the

gleam in your eye.
            Bb     Gb
They took a record from the jukebox and they

bid my gal goodbye.
Abm7          Bb               Eb
And now she's gone, honky tonk gal.

#2.
Eb
Oh, she said she didn't love me, she didn't care

no more.
      Ab
She'd rather spend her life on a honky tonk hardwood

floor.
            Bb               Eb
But I'll be gone, honky tonk gal.


INTERLUDE: Eb Ebm Dm Bb Eb

#3.
Eb
Someday you'll come back crying, someday you will

be blue.
                  Gb            Ab
And that mean old honky tonkin' life'll get the

best of you.
            Bb               Eb
But I'll be gone, honky tonk gal.

#4.
Eb
Lord, I'll stand right up and tell you, I'll sit

right down and cry.
            Ab
Sweetheart, if you should leave me now, I'll know

I'd lay and die.
            Bb               Eb
But I'll be gone, honky tonk gal.


INTERLUDE: Eb Ebm Gb Bb Eb

#5.
Eb
They took a light from a honky tonk, put the

gleam in your eye.
                   Ab
They took a record from the jukebox and they

bid my gal goodbye.
              Bb               Eb
And now she's gone, honky tonk gal.

OUTRO:
Eb                                      Bb
Ha-da-a-la-deet-da-da-da-da..ha-da-a-la-deet-ha-

da-ho..
Gb           Abm7       Ab              Abm7 Ab
You'd rather spend your life on a honky tonk hardwood

floor.
            Bb          Ebm  Eb
But I'll be gone, honky tonk gal.



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