Tom: G
Intro:G
G C
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis
G A D
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
G C
The lady had to heave me across her shoulder
G D G
Now I just can't seem to drink you off my mind
CHORUS:
G D G
She's a ho - - - -nky tonk woman
D G
Give me, give me, give me the honky-tonk blues
G D G
Ho------nky-tonk women
D G
Give me, give me, give me the honky-tonk blues
I met a divorcee in New York City
I had to put up some kind of a fight
The lady went and covered me up in roses
She blew my nose and then she blue my mind
