Burnin' The Honky Tonks Down Chords
by Alan Jackson
Burnin' The Honky Tonks Down by Alan Jackson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, B7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E
INTRO
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
B7
Burnin' the honky tonks down.
E A7
Smoke's been a risin' all over town,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
E B7 E A7 E B7 E
INSTRUMENTAL
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
B7
She caught me runnin' around.
E A7
She was dancin' in the ashes when they caught her with them matches,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
E B7 E A7 E B7 E
INSTRUMENTAL
E
Well she's burnin' the honky tonks down,
B7
I tried but I couldn't put 'em out.
E A7
Did my best to save the whisky but the flame's just to risky,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
E B7 E A7 E B7 E
INSTRUMENTAL
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down,
B7
She couldn't stop that honky tonk sound.
E A7
It was sizzlin' like a griddle when I ran out with my fiddle,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
E B7 E A7 E B7 E
INSTRUMENTAL
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down,
B7
She's down in the jail house now.
E A7
Said she felt no remorse for breakin' out that torch,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
E B7 E A7 E B7 E
INSTRUMENTAL
E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
B7
Burnin' the honky tonks down.
E A7
Smoke's been a risin' all over town,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.
E B7 E A7 E B7 E (x7) E B7
INSTRUMENTAL
E A7
Well that smoke's been a risin' all over town,
E B7 E
She's burnin' the honky tonks down.