E E7 B7 A7 E7

[Verse]
E7                                  B7
There’s a long line of rhine-stoned embroidery
B7      A7                        E7
Lots of hard headed women back in history
E7                          B7
From coal miners daughters, Jolene’s rated X
B7        A7                               Em7
While the ladies sleeping single in their double beds

Em7                       B7                  E7
P-t-a, 9 to 5, lived with drinkers, cheaters, liars
E7         A                             E7
Knew that life was no rose garden after all

[Chorus]
B                    Em                        B
They broke their own hearts, while blazing the trail
B                 A                     Em
Those honkey-tonk angels, wore the pain well
Em                                         B
They teased it up high, like true southern belles
B                 A                         Em
They jacked it to Jesus, they sprayed it to hell

[Verse]
B           E                      B
Nothing but class when country was cool
B              A                                     Em
Wrestled some devils, while their brown eyes turned blue
Em             Em                    B
Stood by their man, even when he was wrong
B                    A                            Em
Or drove themselves crazy, playing house for too long

Em                      B
D-i-v-o-r-c-e, Bouncing babies on their knees
B       A                                     Em
Always knew a smile was just a lipstick coat away

[Chorus]
B                     Em                        B
They broke their own hearts, while blazing the trail
B                 A                     Em
Those honkey-tonk angels, wore the pain well
Em                                         B
They teased it up high, like true southern belles
B                 A                         Em
They jacked it to Jesus, they sprayed it to hell

[Verse]
Em                          B
Sometimes you gotta stitch your own seams
B                                   E
Thread your own needle, with your sequin dreams
Em                         B
You put on your war paint, nobody’ll ever know
B    A                            Em          B
Well baby get your boots on, its time for the show

[Bridge]
B                  E
You break your own heart
E                   B
While you blaze the trail
B                  A
For a honkey-tonk angel
A                Em
You sure wear it well

[Chorus]
B                     Em                       B
They broke their own hearts, while blazing the trail
B                 A                     Em
Those honkey-tonk angels, wore the pain well
Em                                          B
They teased it up high, like true southern belles
B                 A                         Em
They jacked it to Jesus, they sprayed it to hell

B           A                 Em
Jack it to Jesus, spray it to hell