Honky Tonk Masquerade Chords by Joe Ely

_ _ [G] Well, I first met Billy Joe Shaver _ on a billboard _ up above the Armadillo World Headquarters. _ _
_ [C] _ [Bm] _ It was a friend of ours that had been sitting on the billboard for 16 days. _
_ [N] _ We came up to lead him a little moral support, _ me and a couple of friends, and _ it was a ladder
that led up the side of the billboard, and I see this hand come up and _ missing a couple
of fingers, _ _ _ and Billy Joe Shaver introduces himself to me, _ _ and then he walks over to
our friend that's been sitting on the billboard for 16 days, _ _ and he says to him,
_ Hello, dumbass.
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_ _ _ Billy Joe handed me a cup.
He said, Here, you want to drink a beer?
It was a hot summer day, and I said, Yeah, of course. _
He handed me a cup of the hottest, flattest beer I have ever tasted in my life. _
_ _ _ He made a lasting impression on me that day, _ _ and I remain thankful [C] for it to this [G] day. _
[D] He's been an inspiration. _
When I was first putting songs together, I took a lot of _ lessons [G] from Billy, _ and he had a way
of combining the spiritual with the honky-tonk.
Not many people could do that. _ _
I was going to play some of his songs [D] tonight, but _ I've heard [A] everybody play them, [D] so [G] I decided
to play some songs that he inspired for me to write. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You sure [C] look [G] fine tonight in [C] the [G] beer's [A] sunlight.
Why _ [D] did you seem surprised _ [G] when I saw [C] through [G] your disguise _ _ all [C] your friends [G] were there?
_ _ [C] No [B] one had [A] a [Am] care.
_ _ [D] They all just looked away.
[Dm] [Am] In this honky-tonk [G] masquerade, [F#] _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ [D#] _ _
[G] [D] you should have known I knew [G] all [F#] along _
[Em] that [D#] _ _ [D] _
[A] I could [D] see
through you [G] right or [F#] wrong.
[Em] _ _
[D#] _ _ [D] I didn't need a clue.
_ _ [G] I didn't [F#] even [E] have to ask. _
[A] I saw your own reflection _ [D] in the _ glass.
[Am] _ _ _ _ [G] I'd [C] like to see [G] you home, _ [C] but I know [B] you're not [A] alone.
[Am] _ [D] You [A] seem to fit [D] right in _ [G] as you tell me [C] [G] where you've been.
You say there's not [C] that [G] much to tell, _ _ [C] but I [G] know you owe [A] too well.
[Am] _ [D] Your eyes give you away. _
In this honky-tonk [G] masquerade, [F#] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D#] _
[D] you should have known I knew _ [G] all along [F#] _ _
[E] [A] that [D#] _ _ [D] _
I could see
through you _ _ [G] right or wrong.
_ [E] _ _
[D#] _ [D] I didn't need a clue.
_ _ [G] I didn't [F#] even have [E] to ask.
[Em] _ _
[A] Saw your own reflection in [D] the glass. _ _
_ _ _ [G] You sure [C] look fine [G] tonight. _
[C] They're [B] turning out [A] the light.
_ [D] Why did you hold my sleeve [G] when I said [C] I [G] had to leave? _
I [C] hoped it never [G] showed.
_ _ [C] But [B] that's the way [A] it goes [Am] as [D] the [A] lights begin to fade.
[D] _
On this honky-tonk [G] masquerade.
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