Honky Tonk Blues lyrics

Song information

Artist: Hank Williams
Album: Moanin' The Blues

Lyrics

[E]well I left my home down on the rural route
I told my paw I'm going steppin out and get the
[A7] honky tonk blues
Yeah the honky tonk [e] blues
Well [b7] lord I got 'em
I got the ho-on-ky tonk [e] blues

[E] well I went to a dance and I wore out my shoes
Woke up this mornin wishin I could lose
Them jumpin [a7] honky tonk blues
Yeah the honky tonk [e]blues
Well [b7] lord I got 'em
I got the ho-on-ky tonk [e] blues

Solo [e] [a] [e] [b7]

[E]well I stopped into every place in town
This city life has really got me down
I got [a7] the honky tonk blues
Yeah the honky tonk [e]blues
Well [b7] lord I got em
Got the ho-on-ky tonk [e] blues

[E] I'm gonna tuck my worries underneath my arm
And scat right back to my pappy's farm
And leave these [a7] honky tonk blues
Yeah the honky tonk [e] blues
[B7] well lord I got 'em
I got the ho-on-ky tonk [e] blues

Unrecorded last verse (from kpfa, ~1993)

When I get home to my ma and pa
I know they're gonna lay down the law
About the honky tonk blues
Them jumpin' honkty tonk blues
Lord I'm suffrin' with the honky tonk blues