C 
Well I think it finally happened 
    F                 C 
I'm tired of running 'round 
  C 
I thank you for waitin' on me 
            G 
While I was paintin' up the town 
    C 
For years and years you stood by me 
      F           C 
While I ruined my life 
    C 
I'm tired of all these honky tonks 
         G            C 
And that fly by night life 

***CHORUS: 
    F 
Old Ira's tendin' bar right now 
         C 
Probably wonderin' where I am 
C                                 G 
Ziggy's sharkin' pool, for five a throw 
        C 
And Old Lucy Fay Lorraine's 
       F                C 
Takin' side bets on the game 
                      G                  C 
And old Pop Fox keeps sayin' he's got to go 

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        C  
Tonight a bottle stands alone 
   F                    C 
At the Dear John Letter Lounge 
  C 
Waitin' on me for company, 
            G 
But I won't be around 
     C 
Find someone else to take my place 
      F           C 
While I rejoin my wife 
       C 
'Cause I'm tired of all these Honky Tonks 
         G            C 
And that fly by night life 

***CHORUS*** 
    C 
I'm gonna miss old Jim and all my friends 
   F                    C 
At the Dear John Lounge downtown 
    C 
I'm gonna miss ole Willie on the Jukebox 
            G 
Playin' songs round after round 
    C 
I'm gonna miss the face of strangers 
       F          C 
And the steady passers by 
      C 
Gonna miss the Dear John Letter Lounge 
         G            C 
And that fly by night life