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[Verse 1]
EGot these calluses from all those nights
ESpent playing a telecaster, till my fingers bled bud light
EI got this scar in a beer bar brawl
EOutside of Tuscaloosa, stitched it up in a bathroom stall
And AI got this Dtattoo in the back of a pool roEom in east Tennessee
Oh, I Bgot Bba Along GhonF#ky-Ftonk historEy
[Verse 2]
ESee this solid gold watch and chain
ETook it off a Texas oil tycoon in a backroom poker game
ELook at these holes in my tailgate
EThey're from Suzy Johnson's husband's snub nose 38
AThank god he's a Dbad shot and I had that toolboEx, between him and me
BRight Bbor Awrong that's my GhonF#key-Ftonk historEy
[Chorus 1]
I Glove the smell of cigarette's
And Awhiskey on a woman's breath
The Esound of outlaw music sets me free
GBlame it on my Ahonky-tonk historEy, oh
[Solo]
A E B Bb A G F# F E
[Verse 3]
EI'm just like my daddy and my daddy's daddy
EAnd his daddy before him
EI'm just like my daddy, and his daddy's daddy
EAnd his daddy before him
[Chorus 1]
I Glove the smell of cigarette's
And Awhiskey on a woman's breath
The Esound of outlaw music sets me free
CRight or wrong just Dcarrying on my BhonBbky-Atonk, GhonF#ky-Ftonk historEy

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Honky-Tonk History

by Travis Tritt

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[Verse 1]

Got these calluses from all those nights

Spent playing a telecaster, till my fingers bled bud light

I got this scar in a beer bar brawl

Outside of Tuscaloosa, stitched it up in a bathroom stall

A D E

And I got this tattoo in the back of a pool room in east Tennessee

B Bb A G F# F E

Oh, I got a long honky-tonk history

[Verse 2]

See this solid gold watch and chain

Took it off a Texas oil tycoon in a backroom poker game

Look at these holes in my tailgate

They're from Suzy Johnson's husband's snub nose 38

A D E

Thank god he's a bad shot and I had that toolbox, between him and me

B Bb A G F# F E

Right or wrong that's my honkey-tonk history

[Chorus 1]

I love the smell of cigarette's

And whiskey on a woman's breath

The sound of outlaw music sets me free

G A E

Blame it on my honky-tonk history, oh

[Solo]

A E B Bb A G F# F E

[Verse 3]

I'm just like my daddy and my daddy's daddy

And his daddy before him

I'm just like my daddy, and his daddy's daddy

And his daddy before him

[Chorus 1]

I love the smell of cigarette's

And whiskey on a woman's breath

The sound of outlaw music sets me free

C D B Bb A G F# F E

Right or wrong just carrying on my honky-tonk, honky-tonk history

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