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Charlie Robison - Barlight (Honky Tonk Nursery Rhyme)
Capo on the second fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
Well when GI was young my momma read me
CNursery rhymes beside my bed
  GAnd though they sounded mighty fine
They Dmade no sense to me
  GBut now that I am all grown up
It Cseems my life has changed as such
  GSo I went out and made me up
A Dnursery Rhyme for Gme
[Chorus]
N.C.
It goes bar light, bar bright
CFirst bar that I see tonight
I Gwish I may I wish I might
DFind someone to hold me tight
  GHey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle
And the Cgirls sing along with the tunes
Just Gone more dance til you turn out the lights
And you can Dshut down Gthis saloon
[Verse 2]
Well I Gnever understood how a big old gal
Could Craise no kids in a shoe
And aGny old Jack goes jumping a candle
Needs to Dfind something better to do
And Grub a dub dub, three men in a tub
Sure Csounds kind of funny to me
So I Gmade up a honky tonk nursery rhyme
and it's the Donly one I'll Gsing
[Chorus]
N.C.
It goes bar light, bar bright
CFirst bar that I see tonight
I Gwish I may I wish I might
DFind someone to hold me tight
  GHey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle
And the Cgirls sing along with the tunes
Just Gone more dance til you turn out the lights
And you can Dshut down Gthis saloon
[Solo]
G C G D
G C G D
[Verse 3]
Well I Gnever understood how a big old gal
Could Craise no kids in a shoe
And aGny old Jack goes jumping a candle
Needs to find Dsomething better to do
And Grub a dub dub, three men in a tub
Sure Csounds kind of funny to me
So I Gmade up a honky tonk nursery rhyme
and it's the Donly one I'll Gsing
[Chorus]
N.C.
It goes bar light, bar bright
CFirst bar that I see tonight
I Gwish I may I wish I might
DFind someone to hold me tight
  GHey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle
And the Cgirls sing along with the tunes
Just Gone more dance til you turn out the lights
And you Dcan shut down tGhis saloon
I said just Cone more dance til you Gturn out the lights
And you can Dshut down Gthis saloon
[Outro]
G G G G

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Barlight

by Charlie Robison

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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Charlie Robison - Barlight (Honky Tonk Nursery Rhyme)

Capo on the second fret

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Well when I was young my momma read me

Nursery rhymes beside my bed

And though they sounded mighty fine

They made no sense to me

But now that I am all grown up

It seems my life has changed as such

So I went out and made me up

D G

A nursery Rhyme for me

[Chorus]

N.C.

It goes bar light, bar bright

First bar that I see tonight

I wish I may I wish I might

Find someone to hold me tight

Hey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle

And the girls sing along with the tunes

Just one more dance til you turn out the lights

D G

And you can shut down this saloon

[Verse 2]

Well I never understood how a big old gal

Could raise no kids in a shoe

And any old Jack goes jumping a candle

Needs to find something better to do

And rub a dub dub, three men in a tub

Sure sounds kind of funny to me

So I made up a honky tonk nursery rhyme

D G

and it's the only one I'll sing

[Chorus]

N.C.

It goes bar light, bar bright

First bar that I see tonight

I wish I may I wish I might

Find someone to hold me tight

Hey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle

And the girls sing along with the tunes

Just one more dance til you turn out the lights

D G

And you can shut down this saloon

[Solo]

G C G D

[Verse 3]

Well I never understood how a big old gal

Could raise no kids in a shoe

And any old Jack goes jumping a candle

Needs to find something better to do

And rub a dub dub, three men in a tub

Sure sounds kind of funny to me

So I made up a honky tonk nursery rhyme

D G

and it's the only one I'll sing

[Chorus]

N.C.

It goes bar light, bar bright

First bar that I see tonight

I wish I may I wish I might

Find someone to hold me tight

Hey diddle diddle, a man with a fiddle

And the girls sing along with the tunes

Just one more dance til you turn out the lights

D G

And you can shut down this saloon

C G

I said just one more dance til you turn out the lights

D G

And you can shut down this saloon

[Outro]

G G G G

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