E|-----(Capo| 3rd Fret)-----


Intro - D - A - G - D - A - G


(verse 1)
     D                       A
Yea Connie came back for a second cousin's wedding,
G
First time she's been home in a year or two,
D                      A
Just in time for the rehearsal dinner,
G                        A
That crazy Connie wasn't wearin any shoes, yea


(chorus)
D                          A
She lives in L.A. flies to New York city,
      G                       D
That woman's been around the world
                   D               A
You can take the girl out of the honky tonk,
         G <----keep playing---
But you can't take the honky tonk, 
E|-------------->| D  - A - G
Take the honky tonk, out of the girl,


(verse 2)
D                          A
That dinner broke up about around eleven-thirty,
G
Boy's went out to do what boy's do,
D                     A
Connie said hey girls, let's huddle up,
G                   A
Round somethin bout a hundred proof,


(chorus)
D                          A
She lives in L.A. flies to New York city,
      G                       D
That woman's been around the world
                   D               A
You can take the girl out of the honky tonk,
         G <----keep playing---
But you can't take the honky tonk, 
E|-------------->|
Take the honky tonk, out of the girl,


(sax lead - D - A - G - D - A - G)



(verse 3)
D                           A
Well at nine a.m. out in front of that church,
G
People goin nuts, lookin for the groom,
D                        A
Somebody say', by the way where's Connie,
G                       A
She's run off with that boy to Cancoon, yea, 


(chorus)
D                          A
She lives in L.A. flies to New York city,
      G                       D
That woman's been around the world
                   D               A
You can take the girl out of the honky tonk,
         G <----keep playing---
But you can't take the honky tonk, 
E|-------------->| 
Take the honky tonk, out of the girl,