intro: D (chord), E (plain), F# (plain) 
 
     G             G7 
Well I'm just a bartender 
      C             A 
And I don't like my work 
      D                       G    D , E plain,  
But I don't mind the money at all 
D7/F#     G           G7 
I've seen lots of sad faces 
    C           A 
And lots of bad cases 
   D                             G     D 
Of folks with their backs to the wall 
 

          G          G7         C          A 
But I got four walls around me, to hold my life 
   D            D7/F#    G    D 
To keep me from going astray 
      G          G7        C       A 
And a honky tonk angel, to hold me tight 
   D             C        G 
To keep me from slipping away  
 
 
(As first verse) 
 
 
Well I can light up your smokes 
I can laugh at your jokes 
I can watch you fall down on your knees 
I can close down this bar 
Oh and gas up my car 
And I can pack up and mail in my keys 
 
 
But I need four walls around me 
To hold my life 
To keep me from going astray 
And a honky tonk angel, to hold me tight 
And keep me from slipping away 
 
 
Now the smoke fills the air 
Of this honky tonk bar 
And I'm thinkin' bout where I'd rather be 
But I burned all my bridges 
And I sunk all my ships 
And I'm standing at the edge of the sea 
 
I still need four walls etc.