Honky Tonk Man Chords

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Honky Tonk Man by Dwight Yoakam is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, D7 and A7. 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                                                      |D G|   D  
Cause I'm a Honky-Tonk Man ---- and I can't seem to stop 

D7        G                                                    |D A7 D A7 D 
love to give the girls a whirl to the music of the old juke box 

D           A7 
But when my money's all gone I'm on the telephone, callin' 

D                                                              G   A7 
'Hey, hey, mama, can your daddy come home?' 


D                   A7                                D 
I'm living fast and dangerously - but I've got plenty of company 


D                              A7 
When the moon comes up and the sun goes down 

G                             D 
That's when I want to see the lights of town 

Cause I'm a Honky-Tonk Man ---- and I can't seem to stop 

D7        G                                                    |D A7 D A7 D 
love to give the girls a whirl to the music of the old juke box 

D           A7 
But when my money's all gone I'm on the telephone, callin' 

D                                                              G   A7 
'Hey, hey, mama, can your daddy come home?' 

                            D                                                         |G D| 
Repeat, ending: 'Hey, hey, mama, can your daddy come home?' 
    	

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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante