Rules Of The Bar Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays405

Rules Of The Bar by Jamey Johnson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D and C9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G                                                     C 
Leave your guns out in your truck  Come on in and sit down and buck up to the  
                       G      G              D        C9          G           
bar and help us sing along  We dont shoot no guns in this honky tonk 
G                            C 
Buy the guitar band a beer  this place aint no place for a Queer we dont play  
                              G            G                C 
that shit around here, hell we just dont  no sir we like boy/girl sex in this 
G 
honky tonk   


D                       C9                         G 
and in this honky tonk we got us a juke box in the back 
D                                   C9                     G              
we got every beer you can think of here and every liquor from jim to jack 
D                                        C9                         G           
you can smoke a joint in the bathroom hell just be sure you dont get caught 
D                 C9                    G 
cause we dont pay no bail in this honky tonk 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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