Key: C
Introduction:
C
Well I think it finally happened
F C
I'm tired of running 'round
C
I thank you for waitin' on me
G
While I was paintin' up the town
C
For years and years you stood by me
F C
While I ruined my life
C
I'm tired of all these honky tonks
G C
And that fly by night life
F
Old Ira's tendin' bar right now
C
Probably wonderin' where I am
C G
Ziggy's sharkin' pool, for five a throw
C
And Old Lucy Fay Lorraine's
F C
Takin' side bets on the game
G C
And old Pop Fox keeps sayin' he's got to go
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C
Tonight a bottle stands alone
F C
At the Dear John Letter Lounge
C
Waitin' on me for company,
G
But I won't be around
C
Find someone else to take my place
F C
While I rejoin my wife
C
'Cause I'm tired of all these Honky Tonks
G C
And that fly by night life
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C
I'm gonna miss old Jim and all my friends
F C
At the Dear John Lounge downtown
C
I'm gonna miss ole Willie on the Jukebox
G
Playin' songs round after round
C
I'm gonna miss the face of strangers
F C
And the steady passers by
C
Gonna miss the Dear John Letter Lounge
G C
And that fly by night life