Standard (EADGBE)

 Intro strumming is , , ,

Verse 1

 My Grandmother owned a night club on the Arkansas Oklahoma line

 Mama put me on a Greyhound and I went to stay with her in the summertime

 I'd box up those empty longnecks and stack 'em in the back and make a hand

Then at night she'd let me sneak out of the kitchen and sit in with the band

Verse 2

 Yes I have sacked some quartebacks and broke my share of bones along the way

 I knew it wouldn't last forever semi-pro always means semi-payed

 I started climbin' drillin' rigs I'm oil field trash and proud as I can be

 Then I took my songs and guitar and sang 'em to a man from Tennessee

Chorus

 I've played every beer joint tavern from New York City out to Pasadena

 Every corn dog fair and rodeo and sold out every basketball arena

 Like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Bahgdad City too

 I am a red, white, and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U

Repeat Intro strummming

Verse 3

 A star can't burn forever and the brightest ones will someday loose their

shine. But the glass won't ever be half empty in my optimistic mind

 I'll still have a song to sing and a band to turn it up and play it loud

 As long as there's a bar room with a corner stage and a honkytonk crowd

Chorus

 I've played every beer joint tavern from New York City out o Pasadena

 Every corn dog fair and rodeo and sold out every basketball arena

 Like to get down with my boys in Afghanistan and Bahgdad City too

 Son I'm a red, white, and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U

 That's right a red, white and blue blood graduate of Honkytonk U

Then finish strum out with E, D, A, E

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