Honky Tonk U
Toby Keith


[Drop D tuning]   D  A  D  G  B  E

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[Intro]     Play Riff Part 1 Then Riff Part 2

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My grandmother owned a nightclub, on the Arkansas Oklahoma line__________
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Mama put me on a Greyhound, and I went to stay with her in the summer time, I'd box up those empty long-
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Necks, and stack 'em in the back and make a hand? ________Then at night
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she'd let me sneak out, Of the kitchen and let me sit in with the band ________


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Yes, I have sacks and quarterbacks, broke my share of bones along the way ______
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I knew it wouldn't last forever, Semi-pro always means semi-payed I started climbing drilling rigs
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I'm oil field trash and proud as I can be ______yeah Then I took my songs
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And guitar, And sang 'em to a man from Tennessee _______


[Chorus]
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I've played every beer joint tavern, From New York City out to Pasadena, Every corn dog fair and rodeo, And
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Sold out every basketball arena, Like to get down with my boys, In Afghanistan and Baghdad City too
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____I am a red, white and blue blood Graduate of Honky Tonk U




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[Repeat Intro]         Play Riff Part 1 Then Riff Part 2

[Key Change]

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A star can't burn forever, And the brightest ones will someday lose their shine, But the glass won't ever be
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Half empty in my optimistic mind, I'll still have a song to sing, And a band to turn it up and play it loud
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____As long as there's a bar room, With a corner stage and a honky tonk crowd


[Chorus]
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I've played every beer joint tavern, From New York City out to Pasadena, Every corn dog fair and rodeo, And
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Sold out every basketball arena, Like to get down with my boys, In Afghanistan and Baghdad City too
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____I am a red, white and blue blood Graduate of Honky Tonk U, That's right a red, white and blue blood
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Graduate of Honky Tonk U

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[Ending]     Play Riff Part 1 Then Riff Part 2