(E) Well I was three days short of pullin out Kingsport I was (A) headed down to Houston town Had my (E) guitar packed in a burlap sack For EXPLOITING my country (B) sound I (E) bypassed Jackson, bypassed Memphis By the (A) time I got to Arkansas Id-a (E) sold my car and this black guitar For (B) anything cool and (E) tall So I (A) pulled up to a neon sign on (E) highway forty-nine Shut the (A) engine down, took a look around and (B) then I stepped inside I (E) asked that bouncer where I was he said (A) son your at Bills (B) Honky tonk pickin, line dance kickin, razor back stickin, barbecue chicken Laundromat bar and (E) grill (E) Well I saw old Bill sittin at the bar With a (A) PISTOL and change machine He was (E) dolin out quarters to a waitress names Starr When I (F#) asked him if I could (B) sing He said, (E) son go ahead if you brought your guitar Then he (A) pointed to the back stage door He said, (E) we don't like original material Un (B) less its been done be (E) fore Well I (A) hit the stage like a big MULE train Told the HOUSE BAND TO PLAY IN IT IN "C" I SANG the (A) Tennessee Waltz, Kentucky Rain And the (B) one about the BIRD THAT'S FREE That ((E) lead guitar was like a chain saw that (A) fiddle like a power drill at Bill's (B) Honky tonk pickin, line dance kickin, razor back stickin, barbecue chicken Laundromat bar and (E) grill Lead (E) Well in the TEN short minutes I was up on stage WATCHED A BIKER PUNCH A COWBOYS FACE With a (E) perfect view I was witness to The des (F#) truction of the whole damn (B) place It was (E) long necked STEMS and white fringed hems Flyin (A) out of that DARNED saloon And that me (E) chanical bull was a Houston pull To the (B) safest place in the (E) room Well a (A) punch-drunk cowboy showed his wife That his (E) shirt was soaked in beer She said, (A) calm down honey have another lite Cause we can (B) wash the shirt right here Then the (E) whole place stopped to thank me for (A)bookin my show at Bill's (B) Honky tonk pickin, line dance kickin, razor back stickin, barbecue chicken Laundromat bar and (E) grill At Bill's (B) Honky tonk pickin, line dance kickin, razor back stickin, barbecue chicken Laundromat bar and (E) grill [Thanks to Matt, Anthony for corrections]