Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
The lady had to heave me across her shoulder
Now I just can't seem to drink you off my mind
Chorus
She's a ho - - - -nky tonk woman
Give me, give me, give me the honky-tonk blues
I met a divorcee in New York City
I had to put up some kind of a fight
The lady went and covered me up in roses
She blew my nose and then she blue my mind