| A | D | |
| She's | in some honky tonk tonight I | know |
| E | A | |
| She's | dancing where the music's loud and | lights are low |
| A | D | |
| In a c | rowed bar she likes to | hang around |
| E | A | |
| And as | long as there's a honky tonk, she'll never settle | down |
| CHORUS: |
| A | D | |
| So | close up the honky tonks, | lock all the doors |
| E | A | |
| Don't let the one I love go there any | more |
| A | D | |
| Close | up the honky tonks, throw awa | y the key |
| E | A | |
| Then m | aybe the one I love will come back | to me |
| I wish I had the power to turn back the time |
| And live again the hours when she was all mine |
| But it hurts to see her running with that crowd down |
| And as long as there's a honky tonk, she'll never settle down |
| Tom Lindsey, TPLBA@aol.com |