(intro)  E  F#m7 E/G#
A                 A7
Now I'm just a bartender
      D             Bm7
And I don't like my work
      E                      A   E  F#m7 E/G#
But I don't mind the money at all

       A           A7
I see lots of sad faces
     D          Bm7
And lots of bad cases
  E                              A   E  F#m7 E/G#
Of folks with their backs to the wall
                    A           A7          D       Bm7

(refrão)
But I need four walls around me to hold my life
    E                    A   E  F#m7 E/G#
To keep me from going a-stray
      A            A7      D            Bm7
And a honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
   E                     A    E  F#m7 E/G#
To keep me from slipping away

       A            A7
I can light up your smokes
         D            Bm7
I can laugh at your jokes
       E                          A    E  F#m7 E/G#
I can watch you fall down on your knees
         A              A7
I can close down this bar
        D       Bm7
I can gas up my car
       E                     A   E  F#m7 E/G#
I can pack up and mail in my key

(refrão)
        A               A7
Now, the smoke fills the air
       D           Bm7
In this honky-tonk bar
        E                              A  E  F#m7 E/G#
And I'm thinking 'bout where I'd rather be
       A             A7
But I burned all my bridges
   D           Bm7
I sank all my ships
         E                          A  E  F#m7 E/G#
And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea

(refrão)