Dear John Letter

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Well I guess it's finally happened   
    G                D  
I'm tired of runnin' round   
D   
I thank you for waitin' on me   
            A   
While I was paintin' the town   
    D   
For years and years you stood by me   
        G                 D   
Tellin' me I'm ruinin' my life   
    D   
I'm tired of all these honky tonks   
         A            D   
And that fly by night life  

        D    
Well, tonight a bottle stands alone   
       G                D   
In the Dear John Letter Lounge   
D   
Waitin' on me for company,   
    A   
But I won't be around   
     D   
Find someone else to take my place   
      G           D   
While I rejoin my wife   
           D   
'Cause I'm tired of all these Honky Tonks   
         A            D   
And that fly by night life   


    G   
Old Ira's tendin' bar right now   
         D   
Probably wonderin' where I am   
D                                 A   
Zeke's sharkin' pool, for five a throw   
        D   
And ole Lucy Fay Lorraine's makin'  
G                D   
Side bets on the game   
                      A       
And old Pop Fox keeps sayin'  
            D  
he's got to go
 

    D   
I'm gonna miss old Jim and all my friends   
       G                    D   
At the Dear John Lounge downtown   
          D   
I'm gonna miss ole Willie on the Jukebox   
        A   
Playin' songs round after round   
      D   
Gonna miss the face of strangers   
        G              D   
And the steady passers by   
          D   
I'm Gonna miss the Dear John Letter Lounge   
         A            D   
And that fly by night life   
   
 ***CHORUS***