Honky Tonk Women Chords

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Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords G, C, A and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			            G                                                        C 
1. I met a gin soaked barroom queen in Memphis, 
          G                                   A             D 
    she tried to take me upstairs for a ride. 
             G                                                          C 
    She had to heave me right across her shoulder, 
          G                                       D                            G 
    cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind. 
             G             D                  G 
It's the Hon   Honky Tonk Women, 
   G                               D                                     G 
give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues. 
       G                                                    C 
2.  Strollin' on the boulevards of Paris, 
        G                       A                      D 
    as naked as the day that I will die. 
          G                                                            C 
    The sailors they're so charming there in Paris, 
                    G                                D                            G 
    but they just don't seem to sail you off my mind.   
             G             D                  G 
It's the Hon   Honky Tonk Women, 
   G                               D                                     G 
give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues. 
      G                                                C 
3. I laid a divorcee in New York City, 
         G                       A                      D 
    I had to put up some kind of a fight. 
         G                             C                         G 
    The lady she all dressed me up in roses, 
          G                                   D                              G 
    she blew my nose and then she blew my mind. 
             G             D                  G 
It's the Hon   Honky Tonk Women, 
   G                               D                                     G 
give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues. 
             G             D                  G 
It's the Hon   Honky Tonk Women, 
   G                               D                                     G 
give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues. 


    	

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