Toby Keith – Honkytonk U (Guitar)

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This is a good one for all you rhythm players: You have to listen to get it right. If you give a quick lift and play open strings the D and Cadd9 in the intro and the E and D on the outro it sounds pretty good, to me atleast. Intro strumming is D, Cadd9, G, D Verse 1

        D                               Cadd9     G        D
My Grandmother owned a night club on the Arkansas Oklahoma line

                                                                    A7
Mama put me on a Greyhound and I went to stay with her in the summertime

G Cadd9 G

       D
I'd box up those empty longnecks and stack 'em in the back and make a hand

Cadd9 G

D
Then at night she'd let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band

Verse 2 Cadd9 G

 D
Yes I have sacked some quartebacks and broke my share of bones along the way

                                                          A7
I knew it wouldn't last forever semi-pro always means semi-payed

G Cadd9 G

         D
I started climbin' drillin' rigs I'm oil field trash and proud as I can be

                                   Cadd9          G              D
Then I took my songs and guitar and sang 'em to a man from Tennessee

Chorus G Cadd9 G

   D
I've played every beer joint tavern from New York City out to Pasadena

                                                             A7
Every corn dog fair and rodeo and sold out every basketball arena

        D                          Cadd9         G            D
Like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Bahgdad City too

D F Cadd9 G

  D
I am a red, white, and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U

Repeat Intro strummming Verse 3

  E                               D                   A
A star can't burn forever and the brightest ones will someday loose their

E                                                               B7
shine.  But the glass won't ever be half empty in my optimistic mind

A D A

     E
I'll still have a song to sing and a band to turn it up and play it loud

                                     D                  A         E
As long as there's a bar room with a corner stage and a honkytonk crowd

Chorus A D A

  E
I've played every beer joint tavern from New York City out o Pasadena

                                                             B7
Every corn dog fair and rodeo and sold out every basketball arena

        E                          D             A            E
Like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Bahgdad City too

E G D A

     E
Son I'm a red, white, and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U

E G D

        E
That's right a red, white and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U

Then finish strum out with E, D, A, E Have Fun with it!!