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	American Honky Tonk Bar Association - Garth Brooks

Verse1:	G
	If your paycheck depends on
	the weather and the clock
	if your conversation calls for a little
			   G7
	more than a coffee pot
	       C7
	if you need to pour your heart out and
			       G
	try to rectify some situation ... that you're facing
		     D                   [stop]      G
	contact your American Honky Tonk Bar - Association

Verse2:	when Uncle Sam dips in your pocket
	for most things you don't mind
	but when your dollar goes to all of those
	standing in a welfare line

	rejoice you have a voice
	if you're concerned about the destination ...  of this great nation
	it's called the American Honky Tonk Bar - Association

Chorus: C7
	it represents the hard hat, gun rack, aching-back
	overtaxed, flag-wavin', fun lovin' crowd
	      G
	their heart is in the music and they love to play it loud
		   D                         C-C#-D
	there's no forms or no applications
					     C-C#-D
	there's no red-tape administrations
						G
	it's the American Honky Tonk Bar - Association

Break:	C - G  - D  - G

Verse3:	we're all one big family
	throughout the cities and the towns
	we don't reach for handouts we
	reach for those who're down

	and every local chapter has a 7 day a week available - consultation
	for your frustration
	it's called the American Honky Tonk Bar - Association

Chorus2:
	it represents the mud flap, six pack, bare crack,
	overtaxed, flag-wavin', fun lovin' crowd
	their heart is in the music and they love to play it loud
	there's no forms or no applications
	there's no red-tape administrations
	it's the American Honky Tonk Bar - Association

	go join your American Honky Tonk Bar - Association

Outro:  G  (same as intro)
	do not delay -  contact today -  your AHBA -  AHBA


	charted by Rick Schofield (rds@rds.mv.com)