Bartender Blues
George Jones Version

CAPO 1st Fret

     G             G7           C             Am7
Well I'm just a bartender and I don't like my work
      D                        G    D
But I don't mind the money at all
          G            G7        C           Am7
I've seen lots of sad faces and lots of bad cases
   D                             G      D
Of folks with their backs to the wall

CHORUS
           G          G7            C        Am7
But I need four walls around me, to hold my life
   D                   G       D
To keep me from going astray
      G         G7        C       Am7
And a honkytonk angel, to hold me tight
   D            C        G    D
To keep me from slipping away

           G             G7            C             Am7
Well I can light up your smokes. I can laugh at your jokes
      D                           G   D
I can watch you fall down on your knees
      G               G7           C         Am7
I can close down this bar, oh, and gas up my car
          D                      G      D
And I can pack up and mail in my keys

REPEAT CHORUS

        G               G7          C         Am7
Now the smoke fills the air of this honkytonk bar
        D                              G    D
And I'm thinkin' bout where I'd rather be
      G             G7            C           Am7
But I burned all my bridges and I sunk all my ships
        D                             G      D
And I'm standing at the edge of the sea

REPEAT CHORUS