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Well, it won't be long now 
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Til that 'ol sun goes down 
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And darkness helps me hide my shameful tears. 
    G 
My wife works all night long 
       C                 G 
For a man who's halfway gone 
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She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs. 
         C 
It's a shame she wears the name 
      G 
Of a man who's locked and chained 
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To a bottle that's destroyin' all hopes and cares. 
        G 
To the men with hungry eyes 
      C                   G 
She works and hides her pride 
                           D             G 
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs. 

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         C 
It's a shame she wears the name 
      G 
Of a man who's locked and chained 
                                         D 
To a bottle that's destroyin' all hopes and cares. 
        G 
To the men with hungry eyes 
      C                   G 
She works and hides her pride 
                           D             G 
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs. 
                           D             G 
She's the barmaid in the honky-tonk downstairs.