ERNEST - Honkytonk Fairytale

Capo 4th fret


[Intro]
G   G#dim


[Verse 1]
          Am7
I thought there might be a genie
       D                                   G
In the bottom of this bottle but there ain't
                      G#dim
I learned the hard way
                Am7
Thought I could click these boots together
               D
That'd take me back to better weather
         G             D/F#            Em7
Mm, when I had you and we had everything


[Pre-Chorus]
   Dm                 C
So I'll just close my eyes
                      D
And find that sweet escape


[Chorus]
              G          Bm
To where that neon never turns to dawn
Em7                  Dm
House band plays our favorite songs
       C              G/B               Am7
And we always got the dance floor to ourselves
   G               Bm7
Bartendеrs know us by our names
      Em7              Dm
Don't ask or charge us for our drinks
     C                  G/B            Am7
Well whiskеy works just like a wishing well
               C
There ain't no last calls, ain't no last dance
         G/B
Ain't no goodbyes, ain't no chance
             Am7                                 D
I'll have to come back to this heartbroke lonely hell
                       G       G#dim
That's my honkytonk fairytale


[Verse 2]
            Am
I wish this dusty rug was magic carpet
D
Take me back to where we started
     G                 D/F#      Em7
That little bar off of 18th Avenue
            Am7
Sometimes I swear I hear you in the wind
    D
You say you're coming back again
         G    D/F#       Em7
But it's only ever in my mind


[Pre-Chorus]
Dm            C
So I close my eyes
              D
And chase the light


[Chorus]
              G          Bm
To where that neon never turns to dawn
Em7                  Dm
House band plays our favorite songs
       C              G/B               Am7
And we always got the dance floor to ourselves
   G               Bm7
Bartendеrs know us by our names
      Em7              Dm
Don't ask or charge us for our drinks
     C                  G/B            Am7
Well whiskеy works just like a wishing well
               C
There ain't no last calls, ain't no last dance
         G/B
Ain't no goodbyes, ain't no chance
             Am7                                 D
I'll have to come back to this heartbroke lonely hell
                       G
That's my honkytonk fairytale


[Interlude]
Bm7 Em Dm C G/B Am G/B


[Bridge]
   C
If I drink all this bourbon
      Bm7
It'll either stop the hurting
   Am7                            D
Or I'll get to stay forever there this time


[Chorus]
           G          Bm
Where that neon never turns to dawn
Em7                  Dm
House band plays our favorite songs
       C              G/B               Am7
And we always got the dance floor to ourselves
   G               Bm7
Bartendеrs know us by our names
      Em7              Dm
Don't ask or charge us for our drinks
     C                  G/B            Am7
Well whiskеy works just like a wishing well
               C
There ain't no last calls, ain't no last dance
         G/B
Ain't no goodbyes, ain't no chance
             Am7                                 D
I'll have to come back to this heartbroke lonely hell
                       G
That's my honkytonk fairytale


[Outro]
                 C    G     D G
Mm, my honkytonk fairytale