You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl Chords

KeyF Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays506

You Can't Take The Honky Tonk Out Of The Girl by Brooks And Dunn is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of F with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
16
Speed
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Intro - D - A - G - D - A - G 


(verse 1) 
     D                       A 
Yea Connie came back for a second cousin's wedding, 
G 
First time she's been home in a year or two, 
D                      A 
Just in time for the rehearsal dinner, 
G                        A 
That crazy Connie wasn't wearin any shoes, yea 


(chorus) 
D                          A 
She lives in L.A. flies to New York city, 
      G                       D 
That woman's been around the world 
                   D               A 
You can take the girl out of the honky tonk, 
         G <----keep playing--- 
But you can't take the honky tonk,  
      -------------->            D  - A - G 
Take the honky tonk, out of the girl, 


(verse 2) 
D                          A 
That dinner broke up about around eleven-thirty, 
G 
Boy's went out to do what boy's do, 
D                     A 
Connie said hey girls, let's huddle up, 
G                   A 
Round somethin bout a hundred proof, 


(chorus) 
D                          A 
She lives in L.A. flies to New York city, 
      G                       D 
That woman's been around the world 
                   D               A 
You can take the girl out of the honky tonk, 
         G <----keep playing--- 
But you can't take the honky tonk,  
      -------------->            D 
Take the honky tonk, out of the girl, 


(sax lead - D - A - G - D - A - G) 



(verse 3) 
D                           A 
Well at nine a.m. out in front of that church, 
G 
People goin nuts, lookin for the groom, 
D                        A 
Somebody say', by the way where's Connie, 
G                       A 
She's run off with that boy to Cancoon, yea,  


(chorus) 
D                          A 
She lives in L.A. flies to New York city, 
      G                       D 
That woman's been around the world 
                   D               A 
You can take the girl out of the honky tonk, 
         G <----keep playing--- 
But you can't take the honky tonk,  
      -------------->            D  
Take the honky tonk, out of the girl, 

(outro - D - A - G = 5x's)
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante