As The Honky Tonk Turns Written by Mark Chesnutt, Roger Springer & Tommy Nixon Recorded by Mark Chesnutt (Capo on 3) Intro.: |(D) |(A) |(D) |(D)--- (Chorus) As the honky tonk (D)turns (A) and the world goes (D)'round I'll be sittin' on a bar stool, (A) pourin' cold ones (D) down Watchin' (D7)hearts get (G)broken from hard lessons they've (D) learned It's just a typical (A)evenin' as the honky tonk (D) turns Ol' (D)Frank always (A)plays the same ol' (D)song And sometimes he even thinks (A) that he's George (D) Jones (D7) But it (G)tears ol' Lester up to hear that (D)jukebox play his life And he'll (E)tell us once again just (A)how he lost his wife (Chorus) As the honky tonk (D)turns (A) and the world goes (D)'round I'll be sittin' on a bar stool, (A) pourin' cold ones (D) down Watchin' (D7)hearts get (G)broken from hard lessons they've (D) learned It's just a typical (A)evenin' as the honky tonk (D) turns (D7) Inst.: |(G) |(G) |(D) |(D) |(D) |(A) |(D) |(D) Last (D)night I watched Char-(A)lene fall in (D) love For the third time this (A)week that I know (D) of (D7) But to-(G)night she'll be here feeling (D)sorry for herself Drinkin' (E)like there's no tomorrow and leanin' (A)on somebody else (Chorus) As the honky tonk (D)turns (A) and the world goes (D)'round I'll be sittin' on a bar stool, (A) pourin' cold ones (D) down Watchin' (D7)hearts get (G)broken from hard lessons they've (D) learned It's just a typical (A)evenin' as the honky tonk (D) turns (D7) (Tag) It's just a typical (A)evenin' as the honky tonk (D) turns -----