Honky Tonk Heroes Chords

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Honky Tonk Heroes by Billy Joe Shaver is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, E7, A and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			D                                                         G 
Low down leaving sun, I've done did everything that needs done 
G          D                  E7                           A 
Woe is me, why can't I see, I best be leaving well enough alone 
     D                                                       
Them neon light nights, couldn't stay out of fights 
                D7          G 
Keep a-haunting me and memories 
         G                       D           
There is one in every crowd, for crying out loud 
E7                        A 
Why was it always turning out be me 
  
D 
Where does it go, the good Lord only knows 
   D                 D7             G 
It seems like it was just the other day 
      G                     D 
I was down at Green Gables, hawking them tables 
    E7                       A 
And generally blowing all my hard earned pay 
D            
Piano rolled blues, I danced holes in my boots 
      D               D7           G 
There weren't another other way to be 
    G                    D          E7 
For loveable losers, and no account boozers 
    G          A           D 
And honky tonk heroes like me 
 
 
Solo 
 
 
D            
Piano rolled blues, I danced holes in my boots 
      D               D7           G 
There weren't another other way to be 
    G                    D          E7 
For loveable losers, and no account boozers 
    G          A           D 
And honky tonk heroes like me 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante