Joe Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country musician. Between 1990 and 2004, he had 35 singles that charted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, five of which peaked at number one. He also co-wrote singles for Holly Dunn, Tim McGraw, and Jo Dee Messina, and recorded with Mary Chapin Carpenter, George Jones, and Marty Stuart.
Raised in Velma, Oklahoma, Diffie worked in a foundry while playing local nightclubs in Oklahoma and moved to Nashville in 1986 to work for Gibson Guitar Corporation.
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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # Honky Tonk Attitude - Joe Diffie
Intro: D-C#-CC-B-BbFG
Verse1: G Well the beer's on the bar and the smoke fills the air and there's a fool in every corner man I just don't care CG tight pants, line dance, stetson hats and cowboy boots DG they got a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude
Verse2: Well the waitress never leaves you with a half-empty glass and every girl's on the dance floor shakin' her... well it's a two step, three step, outta step, country mood they got a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude
Bridge: C7 Well now everybody knows that's where everybody goes GG-G#-A just to dance away their blues A7 so leave your cares behind, it's just a state of mind D7D-C#-CC-B-BbFG what have you got to lose
Solo: (over 1 verse)
Verse3: hey bartender pour us another round, we're just get gettin' started don't shut us down (stop) (stop) (stop) we need a slow dance, romanced, last chance rendezvous we need a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude
[BRIDGE]
Solo2: (over one verse with different drum line) Solo3: (over one verse)
[BRIDGE]
Coda: if you've got a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude yeah you need a Friday night, get right, honky tonk attitude