She said, "I'm tired of those boots being dirty all the time
All your huntin stuff and your three-day scruff you know I don't like"
And then she started on all my friends and all my drinkin'
Well, speaking of my friends and speaking of my drinkin
G *
I cut her loose and tied one on
Closed down my favorite honky tonk
Don't know why I waited so damn long
I cut her loose and tied one on
Yeah, I was drinking like George Jones, dancing like Elvis
Told my friends what happened and they all said, "Hell yeah"
A lotta high-fives and a lotta beer went down
Ask me where she is now, I don't give a damn now
G *
I cut her loose and tied one on
Closed down my favorite honky tonk
Don't know why I waited so damn long
I cut her loose and tied one on
Saw a blonde at the jukebox, punchin' up some Haggard
Used to be tied down, now it doesn't matter
We were spinnin' and a-twirlin', all up in them curves when
D *
I cut her loose and tied one on
Closed down my favorite honky tonk
Don't know why I waited so damn long
I cut her loose and tied one on
A * A
Closed down my favorite honky tonk
Don't know why I waited so damn long
E * A A *