Sammy Kershaw

Honky Tonk America Ukulele Chords

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Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 12:16:55 -0500
From: Paul Allen Fornes 
Subject: TAB: Honky Tonk America by Sammy Kershaw

Song: Honky-Tonk America
Artist: Sammy Kershaw
Album: Labor of Love

Intro: F G Gsus F
F
Well the day it ends when the sun comes up
    G                        F
and starts when the sun goes down.
F
Out on the back roads and on the back streets
         G                F
of every farm and factory town.
Am                    G
There in the world of weekly wage,
F                          F
there's always a place out there,
        F             G             F            G            G
and the names and the faces are the same----everywhere.

Chorus:
	 F   		      G      F
Well the room is full, it's a Friday night,
   F           G            F
we all want to hear "Louie, Louie"
	    F                    G         F
It's been a long, hard day and a long hard life,
    F		   G		   F
and this is how we make it through it.
       Am		    G
It's a blue collar place, a red blooded crowd,
  F                     F
tonight everything's all right,
   F     G    F   pause
In honky-tonk Amer-----ica.


2x F G Gsus F
	  F
There's a flashing sign on a rain soaked street,
G     			  F
that lights up just about dark.
  F
A welcome beakon on a lost highway
            G                          F
when you're weary and when you've lost heart.
Am             G
Never say it's lonelyness,
     F			     F
it's only the drinks and the band,
    F		     G       F
but something brings us back here again,
    G
and again.

Chorus:
	 F		      G	     F
Well the room is full, it's a Friday night.
   F	       G           F
We all want to hear "Proud Mary."
            F                   G         F
It's been a long hard day and a long hard life,
      F           G          F
We've all got our crosses to carry.
       Am                   G
It's a blue collar place, a red blooded crowd,
  F                      F
Tonight everything is all right,
   F     G    F   PAUSE
In honky-tonk Amer-----ica.

1x F G Gsus F
Am            G
We talk about freedom alright,
    F	             F
But maybe some other time,
Am      F		    G
Tonight everybody's feeling fine-----------.

Chorus:
	 F                    G      F
Well the room is full, it's a Friday night.
   F		G	   F
We all want to hear "Wolly Bully"
	    F	      G		F
It's been a long hard day and a long hard life,
       F             G          F
Monday morning we'll all do our duty.
       Am		    G
It's a blue collar place, a red blooded crowd,
  F                     F
tonight every things all right,
   F     G    F
in honky-tonk Amer-ica
F     G    F
honky-tonk Amer-ica
F     G    F
honky-tonk Amer-----ica

REPEAT NUMEROUS TIMES:
F G Gsus F

F:300023
G:232000
Gsus: 332000
Am:000220
F:010230