C C C C
[Verse 1]
C
I like my next-door-neighbor
F C
We do each other favors sometimes
C
We threw somethin' on the grill
G
Sat around and chilled just the other night
C F
And we talk about our lawns and the goin's on
C
In our neighborhood
D G
He's a real nice guy...that's all fine and good
[Chorus]
C
He ain't my honky tonk friends
C7 F C F
Nobody really understands me like them
G
I love the songs that they sing,
F
I love the drinks that they drink
C
I love the dances they dance
G C
They don't make fun of my drawl,
C7 F E D7
Keep somethin' cold and tall in my hand
G F
I ain't gotta pretend, they take me just like I am
C
I love my honky tonk friends
[Verse 2]
C
I like my growin' up buddies,
F C
We still keep in touch now and then
G
Them folks down at the office really ain't all that stiff
C F C
I met some real good people underneath the steeple in town
D7 G
I'll still make time for them, but as for right now
[Chorus]
C
He ain't my honky tonk friends
C7 F C F
Nobody really understands me like them
G
I love the songs that they sing,
F
I love the drinks that they drink
C
I love the dances they dance
G C
They don't make fun of my drawl,
C7 F E D7
Keep somethin' cold and tall in my hand
G F
I ain't gotta pretend, they take me just like I am
C
I love my honky tonk friends
[Bridge]
G
Well, we light each other's smokes
C
And we bend each other's ear
G
And we laugh at each other's stupid jokes
C
And we buy each other beers
F
Then we lose our butts in pool
C
But we win it back in darts
D7
And we lend each other shoulders
G
When someone breaks our hearts.
[Chorus]
C
I love my honky tonk friends
C7 F C D
Nobody really understands me like them
G F
I ain't gotta pretend, they take me just like I am
C
I love my honky tonk friends
G F
I ain't gotta pretend, they take me just like I am
C D G E C C7 C
I love my honky tonk friends yeah yeah
