[Refrão]
C 
I got honky tonk troubles every pay day 
                                   G7 
Money's gone I don't know where it went 
  C 
I got honky tonk troubles every pay day 
                      G7              C 
I can't get home with more than fifty cents 


[Verso 1]
                                      F             C 
I work all week and take my lunch and try to save a dime 
                             G7 
I don't know why I bother anymore 
C                                 F                C 
Friday finally rolls around and I get my take home pay 
                     G7             C 
But I just can't get by that tavern door 
 

[Refrão]
C 
I got honky tonk troubles every pay day 
                                   G7 
Money's gone I don't know where it went 
  C 
I got honky tonk troubles every pay day 
                      G7              C 
I can't get home with more than fifty cents 


[Verso 2]
                                       F                    C 
Groceries due the kids need shoes they ain't had none since June 
                                         G7 
And they were hand me downs at Christmas time 
    C                              F              C 
The wife I took the wife I got she still good and true 
                         G7        C 
Though I nearly make her loose her mind 


[Refrão]
C 
With my honky tonk troubles every pay day 
                                   G7 
Money's gone I don't know where it went 
  C 
I got honky tonk troubles every pay day 
                      G7              C 
I can't get home with more than fifty cents 
 

[Verso 3]
                             F                   C 
Grandpa died and how I cried until they read the will 
                                     G7 
And I found out just what it left to me 
   C                                 F                 C 
He owned the all night place in town that never closes down 
               G7             C 
I found out he owned it secretly 

Ending 
C 
I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day 
                                           G7 
Wish I'd took the wife and kids and headed south 
     C 
I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day 
                      G7             C 
All my buddies want a drink upon the house