# Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 16:08:26 -0600 From: Ken Keefover Subject: Honkytonk Heaven by Merle Haggard Misery and Gin Performed by Merle Hagard Verse 1: D Memories and drinks don't mix too well. G And jukebox records don't play those wedding bells. C Starin' at the world through the bottom of a glass, D D7 All I see is a man who's fading fast. Verse 2: D Tonight I need that woman again. G What I'd give for my baby to just walk in. C Sit down beside me and say it's alright. D D7 Take me home and make sweet love to me tonight. Chorus G G7 C But here I am again, mixin' misery and gin. D D7 G Sittin' with all my friends and talkin' to myself. C C(barre) B C I look like I'm havin' a good time but any fool can tell, G D D7 G D7 That this Honkytonk Heaven really makes ya' feel like hell. Verse 3: D I light a lonely womans cigarette, G We both start talkin' 'bout what we want to forget. C Her life story and mine are the same. D D7 We both lost someone and only have ourselves to blame. Chorus