Bar With No Beer Song Lyrics and Chords by Tom T. Hall
Bar With No Beer
Written and Recorded by Tom T. Hall
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The beach comber works by the
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ocean all day
He
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gets what the tourists and the sea throw
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away
He's hot and he's thirsty and the
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words hurt his ears
When they
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tell him he's stopped in a bar with no
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It's lonesome away from your kin
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folks at home
By the
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campfires at night where the buffalo
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roam
But there's nothing so lonesome so
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morbid or drear
Than to
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sit on a stool in a bar with no
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There's a dog on the sidewalk for his
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master he waits
But his
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boss is inside drinking wine with his
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mate
He hurries for cover and
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cringes in fear
Ain't no
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place for a dog round a bar with no
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beer
Now Billy the barfly first
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time in his life
He went
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home cold sober to his loving
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wife
He walks in the kitchen she says you're
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early my dear
He breaks
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down and tells her the bar's got no
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The owner is anxious for the
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beer man to come
There's a
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far away look on the face of the
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bum
The waitress is cranky she says it's
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lonely in here
What a
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terrible place is a bar with no
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Well I've had me some trouble I've
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had me some pain
Been locked
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up in the cold and left out in the
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rain
I've fought with the law but there's
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one thing I fear
To get
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stuck in a town in a bar with no
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Bar With No Beer?
- The song Bar With No Beer was sang by Tom T. Hall.
Who is Tom T. Hall?
- Thomas T. Hall (born May 25, 1936) is an American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer. He has written 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is included in Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Songwriters. He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting.
