Honky Tonk Troubles Song Lyrics and Chords by Vernon Oxford
Honky Tonk Troubles
Recorded by Vernon Oxford
Written by Wayne P. Walker and Irene Stanton
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I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day
Money's gone I don't know where it
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went
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got honky tonk troubles every pay day
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more than fifty
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cents
I work all week and take my lunch and
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try to save a
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dime
Don't know why I bother any
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more
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Friday finally rolls around and I
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get my take home
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pay
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by that tavern
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door
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Groceries due the kids need shoes they
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ain't had none since
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June
And they were hand me downs at Christmas
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time
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wife I took the wife I got she
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still good and
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true
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loose her
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mind
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Grandpa died and how I cried
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until they read the
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will
And I found out just what it left to
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me
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owned the all night place in town
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that never closes
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down
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owned it secret
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ly
I've got honky tonk troubles every pay day
Wish I'd took the wife and kids and heade
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got honky tonk troubles every pay day
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drink upon the
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house
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drink upon the
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house
FAQ
Who sang the the song Honky Tonk Troubles?
- The song Honky Tonk Troubles was sang by Vernon Oxford.
Who is Vernon Oxford?
- Vernon Oxford (born June 8, 1941, Rogers, Arkansas) is an American country music singer and guitarist.
