G             G7                C
Take away the bright lights and music 

     G                   D7
Take away the powder and pain

    G                  G7         C
And you'll find that a honky tonk angel
 
      G                 D7          G
Can't compare with your home lovin' saint


      D7                 C                   G
She's just another woman who'll never make a home

      A7                                     D7
She's had sweethearts before you she'll have others when you're gone

      G                               G7                 C
Don't trade one who loves you for the bright lights that gleam

                               G                D7         G
Don't trade your old fashioned sweetheart for a honky tonk queen


                      G7          C
She'll lie and she'll cry on your shoulder
 
    G                        D7
And she'll speak of a broken romance

       G               G7              C
She'll say that things might have been different
 
     G        D7           G
Take pity but don't take a chance


      D7                     C                    G
Don't take a cheap imitation when you have a real pearl

      A7                               D7
Don't take this hard hearted woman for your old fashioned girl

      G                               G7                 C
Don't trade one who loves you for the bright lights that gleam

                               G                D7         G
Don't trade your old fashioned sweetheart for a honky tonk queen