Key: G
Introduction: G C G C G C G
G
Well, it won't be long now
C G
Til that 'ol sun goes down
D
And darkness helps me hide my shameful tears.
G
My wife works all night long
C G
For a man who's halfway gone
D G
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs.
C
It's a shame she wears the name
G
Of a man who's locked and chained
D
To a bottle that's destroyin' all hopes and cares.
G
To the men with hungry eyes
C G
She works and hides her pride
D G
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs.
G C G D G
C
It's a shame she wears the name
G
Of a man who's locked and chained
D
To a bottle that's destroyin' all hopes and cares.
G
To the men with hungry eyes
C G
She works and hides her pride
D G
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs.
D G
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs.