Honky Tonk Gal Chords

KeyBb CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays492

Honky Tonk Gal by Carl Perkins is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bb. It uses the chords Bb, Eb, Gb, Abm7, Ab, Ebm and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Honky Tonk Gal:Carl Perkins. 
Unissued, rare Rockabilly on 
SUN Records from 1954. 


Intro: Bb Eb 

#1. 
Eb 
They took a light from a honky tonk, put the  

gleam in your eye. 
            Bb     Gb 
They took a record from the jukebox and they  

bid my gal goodbye. 
Abm7          Bb               Eb 
And now she's gone, honky tonk gal. 

#2. 
Eb 
Oh, she said she didn't love me, she didn't care  

no more. 
      Ab 
She'd rather spend her life on a honky tonk hardwood  

floor. 
            Bb               Eb 
But I'll be gone, honky tonk gal. 


INTERLUDE: Eb Ebm Dm Bb Eb 

#3. 
Eb 
Someday you'll come back crying, someday you will  

be blue. 
                  Gb            Ab 
And that mean old honky tonkin' life'll get the  

best of you. 
            Bb               Eb 
But I'll be gone, honky tonk gal. 

#4. 
Eb 
Lord, I'll stand right up and tell you, I'll sit  

right down and cry. 
            Ab 
Sweetheart, if you should leave me now, I'll know  

I'd lay and die. 
            Bb               Eb 
But I'll be gone, honky tonk gal. 


INTERLUDE: Eb Ebm Gb Bb Eb 

#5. 
Eb 
They took a light from a honky tonk, put the  

gleam in your eye. 
                   Ab 
They took a record from the jukebox and they  

bid my gal goodbye. 
              Bb               Eb 
And now she's gone, honky tonk gal. 

OUTRO: 
Eb                                      Bb 
Ha-da-a-la-deet-da-da-da-da..ha-da-a-la-deet-ha- 

da-ho.. 
Gb           Abm7       Ab              Abm7 Ab 
You'd rather spend your life on a honky tonk hardwood  

floor. 
            Bb          Ebm  Eb 
But I'll be gone, honky tonk gal. 



A fifties smash from Kraziekhat. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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