(T) 
        (easier to hold a D chord and drop 4th finger to 
the 
               (T)          3rd fret of the first string) 
Intro.: 
d  d  d u    d u   d  u   d  u  d  u 
G  G  D Dsus D C9  C9 C9  C9 C9 C9 C9  (twice) 
 

(d = down stroke, u = up stroke, "-" = play chords in quick succession) 
 

G 
Well the day it ends when the sun comes up, 
C9                       D 
Starts when the sun goes down. 
G 
Out on the back roads and on the back streets, 
         C9               D 
Of every farm and factory town. 
C9                    G             G *                G         C 
There in the world of weekly wage.  There's always a place out there. 
        G             D             C9        D 
And the names and the faces are the same everywhere. 
 

         G                   C9  G  G *  
Well the room is full it's a Friday night 
G *              D           C9 
We all want to hear "Louey-Louey". 
       G                   C9   G    G *  
Been a long hard day and a long hard life, 
G *               D          C9 
And this is how we make it through it. 
       C                   D 
It's a blue-collar place,  A red-blooded crowd, 
G            D          C9      G        D    C9     (repeat intro.) 
Tonight everythings all right,  In Honky-tonk America. 
 

G 
There's a flashing sign on rain soaked street, 
     C9                   D 
That lights up just about dark. 
G 
A welcome beacon on life's highway,  
          C9                         D 
When your weary and when you've lost heart. 
C9             G            G *             G              C 
Never say it's loneliness,  It's only the drinks and the pain.  
    G         D              C9             D 
But something brings us back here again and again. 
 

        G                    C9  G  G *  
Well the room is full it's a Friday night 
G *              D           C9 
We all want to hear "Proud Mary". 
       G                   C9   G    G *  
Been a long hard day and a long hard life, 
G *               D          C9 
We all have our crosses to carry. 
       C                   D 
It's a blue-collar place,  A red-blooded crowd, 
G            D          C9      G        D    C9      (repeat intro.) 
Tonight everythings all right,  In Honky-tonk America. 

Refr?o -------------
C                D 
We'll talk about freedom alright, 
G         D          C                   G             D 
But maybe some other time.  Tonight everybodys feelin' fine.
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        G                    C9  G  G *  
Well the room is full it's a Friday night 
G *              D            C9 
We all want to hear "Wooley-Bully". 
       G                   C9   G    G *  
Been a long hard day and a long hard life, 
G *                    D          C9 
Monday morning we'll all do our duty. 
       C                   D 
It's a blue-collar place,  A red-blooded crowd, 
G            D          C9       
Tonight everythings all right, 
G        D    C9        G        D    C9     G        D    C9  
In Honky-tonk America,  Honky-tonk America,  Honky-tonk America. 
 
(repeat intro. and end)