Burnin The Honky Tonks Down by Alan Jackson, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Burnin The Honky Tonks Down

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Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American country music singer, known for blending traditional honky tonk and mainstream country sounds and penning many of his own hits. He has recorded 14 studio albums, three Greatest Hits albums, two Christmas albums, one Gospel album and several compilations, all on the Arista Nashville label. More than 50 of his singles have appeared on Billboard's list of the "Top 30 Country Songs". Of Jackson's entries, 35 were number-one hits, with 50 in the Top 10.

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[Intro]
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[Chorus]
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
B7
Burnin' the honky tonks down.
E A7
Smoke's been a risin' all over town,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.

[Instrumental]
E B7 E A7 E B7 E

[Chorus]
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
B7
She caught me runnin' around.
E A7
She was dancin' in the ashes when they caught her with them matches,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.

[Instrumental]
E B7 E A7 E B7 E

[Verse]
E
Well she's burnin' the honky tonks down,
B7
I tried but I couldn't put 'em out.
E A7
Did my best to save the whisky but the flame's just to risky,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.

[Instrumental]
E B7 E A7 E B7 E

[Chorus]
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down,
B7
She couldn't stop that honky tonk sound.
E A7
It was sizzlin' like a griddle when I ran out with my fiddle,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.

[Instrumental]
E B7 E A7 E B7 E

[Chorus]
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down,
B7
She's down in the jail house now.
E A7
Said she felt no remorse for breakin' out that torch,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.

[Instrumental]
E B7 E A7 E B7 E

[Chorus]
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
B7
Burnin' the honky tonks down.
E A7
Smoke's been a risin' all over town,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.

[Instrumental]
E B7 E A7 E B7 E (x7)
E B7

[Outro]
E A7
Well that smoke's been a risin' all over town,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.