written by Bill Anderson and Jimmy Gateley
 
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I love those bright lights  and country music
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I won't stay home and cry tonight like all the nights before
D7                                    C           G
I've just learned that I don't really need you anymore
                 C              G
I found a little place downtown where guys like me can go
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And they've got bright lights  and country music
 
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Bright lights and country music a bottle and a glass
A7                                            D7
Soon I'll be forgetting that there ever was a past
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And when everybody asks me what helped me forget so fast
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I'll say bright lights  and country music
 
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A table by the bandstand a bottle filled with wine
D7                                 C              G
Honky tonks were made for men with women on their minds
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Nothing else can take away this loneliness of mine
                          D7          G
Quite like bright lights  and country music
 
Repeat #2
 
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I love those bright lights  and country music