INTRO: A A Early this mornin' without any warnin' D A I took me a look at myself, Good God! D A I seen how this married up life I've been livin' B7 E Was tryin' to choke me to death A I laid on the bed with my gun to my head D A And I nearly 'bout ended it all D A F#m But I come to myself just before I got killed D E A And I blowed me some holes in the wall A I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up D A And haulin' myself into town D A I'm thinkin' 'bout raisin' so doggoned much hell B7 E 'Til I die before I live it all down A I lay around this place 'til I'm blue in the face D A And I may as well be underground D A F#m I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up D E A And haulin' myself into town SOLO A honky tonk man in a honky tonk band With a honky tonk girl on my arm I may be as ugly as an old mudrail fence But I'm loaded with hillbilly charm, that's right! Yeah it's my life and no wife of mine's gonna tell me I can't go and have me some fun So before that old heffer drives back in from Waco You can bet your rear end I'll be gone CHORUS D A F#m Yeah I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up D E A And haulin' myself into town