E 
Well I was three days short of pullin out Kingsport 
      A 
I was headed down to Houston town 
       E 
Had my guitar packed in a burlap sack 
       F#                B 
For es cortin my country sound 
  E 
I bypassed Jackson, bypassed Memphis 
       A 
By the time I got to Arkansas 
     E 
I'da sold my car and that black guitar 
    B                 E 
For anything cool and tall 

     A                           E 
So I pulled up to a neon sign on highway forty-nine 
         A                                   B 
Shut the engine down, took a look around and then I stepped inside 
  E                                      A 
I asked that bouncer where I was he said son your at Bills 
B 
Honky tonk pickin, line dance kickin, razor back stickin, barbecue chicken 
                   E 
Laundromat bar and grill 

E 
Well I saw old Bill sittin at the bar 
       A 
With a waitress and change machine 
       E 
He was throwin' out quarters to a waitress names Starr 
       F#                   B 
When I asked him if I could sing 
         E 
He said, son go ahead if you brought your guitar 
        A 
Then he pointed to the back stage door 
         E 
He said, we don't like original material 
   B                     E 
Un less its been done be fore 

       A 
Well I hit the stage like a big wheeled train 
         E 
Told the boss man to play in 'C' 
             A 
I played the Tennessee Waltz, Kentucky Rain 
        B 
And the one about the bird that's free 
     E                                    A 
That lead guitar was like a chainsaw that fiddle like a power drill 
at Bill's 
B 
Honky tonk pickin, line dance kickin, razor back stickin, barbecue chicken 
                   E 
Laundromat bar and grill 

Lead 
E 
Well in the few short minutes I was up on stage 
Watched a Biker punch a cowboy's face 
       E 
With a perfect view I was witness to 
        F#                         B 
The des truction of the whole damn place 
       E 
It was long necked stems and white fringed hems 
      A 
Flyin out of that dodge saloon 
            E 
And that me chanical bull was a distant pull 
       B                   E 
To the safest place in the room 

          A 
Well that punch-drunk cowboy showed his wife 
         E 
That his shirt was soaked in beer 
          A 
She said, calm down honey have another Lite 
             B 
Cause we can wash the shirt right here 
         E                                   A 
Then the whole place stopped to thank me for bookin my show at Bill's 
B 
Honky tonk pickin, line dance kickin, razor back stickin, barbecue chicken 
                   E 
Laundromat bar and grill 
          B 
At Bill's Honky tonk pickin, line dance kickin, razor back stickin, 
barbecue chicken 
                   E 
Laundromat bar and grill