Bartenders Blues

intro: D (chord), E (plain), F# (plain)


Well I m just a bartender

And I don t like my work
D G D, E plain,
But I don t mind the money at all

I ve seen lots of sad faces

And lots of bad cases

Of folks with their backs to the wall




But I got four walls around me, to hold my life

To keep me from going astray

And a honky tonk angel, to hold me tight

To keep me from slipping away


(As first verse)


Well I can light up your smokes
I can laugh at your jokes
I can watch you fall down on your knees
I can close down this bar
Oh and gas up my car
And I can pack up and mail in my keys


But I need four walls around me
To hold my life
To keep me from going astray
And a honky tonk angel, to hold me tight
And keep me from slipping away


Now the smoke fills the air
Of this honky tonk bar
And I m thinkin bout where I d rather be
But I burned all my bridges
And I sunk all my ships
And I m standing at the edge of the sea

I still need four walls etc.