#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## ****************** HONKY TONK HEROES ******************** written by Billy Soe Shaver performed by Waylon Jennings. Intro: D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) B7 (x21202@1) B7 (x21202@1) A7 (x02020@1) u d (xx0231@1) u d (xx0231@1) d (xx0231@1) u d (xx0231@1) u d (xx0231@1) e -----------------2--2-------2--2----------2------2--2-------3--3-----| B -----------------3--3-------3--3----------0------0--0-------2--2------| G -----------------2--2-------2--2----------2------2--2-------2--2-----| D -------------0---0--0---0---0--0---0------1------1--1---2---2--2------| A --0--2---4----------------------------4--2----2--2--2-----------------| E ----------------------------------------------------------------------| A7 (x02020@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) D (xx0232@1) u d (xx0231@1) u d (xx0231@1) Low down ... e -------0--0-------2--2---------------------------2--2-------2----------| B -------2--2-------3--3---------------------------3--3-------3----------| G -------0--0-------2--2---------------------------2--2-------2---------| D -------2--2---0---0--0------------0--2--3--4--0---------0---0----------| A ---0---------------------0--2--4---------------------------------------| E -----------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1: D (xx0232@1)Low down leaving sun,i've done G (320003@1)Did everything that needs done D (xx0232@1) B7 (x21202@1)Woe is me,why can't i see E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1)I best be leaving well enough alone D (xx0232@1)Them neon black nights,couldn't stay out of fights G (320003@1)Them keep a-huanting me memories D (xx0232@1) B7 (x21202@1)There is one in every crowd,for crying out loud E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1)Why was it always turning out be me Chorus: D (xx0232@1)Where does it go,the good Lord only knows G (320003@1)It seems like it was just the other day D (xx0232@1) B7 (x21202@1)I was down at Green Gables,hawking them tables E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1)And generally blowing all my hard earned pay D (xx0232@1)Piano rolled blues,danced holes in my shoes G (320003@1)There weren't another other way to be D (xx0232@1) B7 (x21202@1)For loveable losers,no luck can't boozers E7 (020130@1) A (x02220@1)And honky tonk heroes like me Chorus. Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics. Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr
