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Top Hat Bar and Grille
Jim Croce
|  B|  B   A   Bb   B|
Well if you're Alookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
The Ekinda good time you will
Come ev'y F#Friday Saddidy evenin'
                             B|  E|  E   A   Bb   B|
At the Top Hat Bar and Grille
Well at the ETop Hat Bar and Grille
There is a Awaitress name of ELil
Well she's a honky tonky, Blittle bit chunky A. divorcEeeA  Bb  B  
She wear dem Etight hippy hugger slacks
You can beAlieve me when I tell you, EJack
That she a dancin', prancin', Bhard romancin' Ap-i-e-c-Ee
And she can Ado the boogie woogie, she can Edo the boogaloo
And she can Ado the hootchie cootchie
Oh, she F#knows how to nasty Btoo
So if you're Alookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
The Ekinda good time you will
Come ev'y F#Friday Saddidy evenin'
                             B|  E|  E   A   Bb   B|
At the Top Hat Bar and Grille
Well, at the ETop Hat Bar and Grille
They got this Abouncer name of EGil
Well he a honky tonky, B. heavily funky A. ex-marEineA  Bb  B  
He wear dem Eskintight body builder shirts
And Jack, he'll Aknock you out into the Edirt
But if you got no money or you Btry to be funny 
A. Then mother you gonna Esee that man gonna Ado the boogie woogie
He gonna Edo the boogaloo, he gonna Ado the hootchie cootchie
And he'll be F#doin' all his dancin' on Byou
So if you're Alookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
The Ekinda bad time you will
Come ev'y F#Friday Saddidy evenin'
                            B|  E|  E|
At the Top Hat Bar and Grill
                         A|  A|
. Lookin' for a good time
                         E|  E|  F#|  B|  E|
. Lookin' for a bad time
So if you're Alookin' for a good time
Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find
The Ekinda good time you will
Come ev'y F#Friday Saddidy evenin'
                            B|  E|  E|  B|  B7|  E<> |
At the Top Hat Bar and Grille
Charted by Dexex
(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play
songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not tabs, which
notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)

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Top Hat Bar And Grille

by Jim Croce

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Top Hat Bar and Grille

Jim Croce

B B A Bb B

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Well if you're lookin' for a good time

Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find

The kinda good time you will

Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'

B E E A Bb B

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At the Top Hat Bar and Grille

Well at the Top Hat Bar and Grille

A E

There is a waitress name of Lil

B A E A Bb B

Well she's a honky tonky, little bit chunky . divorcee

She wear dem tight hippy hugger slacks

A E

You can believe me when I tell you, Jack

B A E

That she a dancin', prancin', hard romancin' p-i-e-c-e

A E

And she can do the boogie woogie, she can do the boogaloo

And she can do the hootchie cootchie

F# B

Oh, she knows how to nasty too

So if you're lookin' for a good time

Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find

The kinda good time you will

Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'

B E E A Bb B

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At the Top Hat Bar and Grille

Well, at the Top Hat Bar and Grille

A E

They got this bouncer name of Gil

B A E A Bb B

Well he a honky tonky, . heavily funky . ex-marine

He wear dem skintight body builder shirts

A E

And Jack, he'll knock you out into the dirt

But if you got no money or you try to be funny

A E A

. Then mother you gonna see that man gonna do the boogie woogie

E A

He gonna do the boogaloo, he gonna do the hootchie cootchie

F# B

And he'll be doin' all his dancin' on you

So if you're lookin' for a good time

Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find

The kinda bad time you will

Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'

B E E

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At the Top Hat Bar and Grill

A A

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. Lookin' for a good time

E E F# B E

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. Lookin' for a bad time

So if you're lookin' for a good time

Look hard as you want but you ain't gonna find

The kinda good time you will

Come ev'y Friday Saddidy evenin'

B E E B B7 E

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At the Top Hat Bar and Grille

Charted by Dexex

(My chord charts are intended to show how, as a rhythm guitarist, I play

songs. I don't claim they are the "right" way. They are not tabs, which

notate precisely how a song was played on a recording.)

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