Bartender's Blues
James Taylor


Intro: A  A7  D  Bm  E  E7  A  E-E6-E7

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Now I'm just a bartender, and I don't like my work
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But I don't mind the money at all
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I see lots of sad faces, and lots of bad cases

Folks with their backs to the wall

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But I need four walls around me to hold my life
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To keep me from going astray
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A honky-tonk angel to hold me tight
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And keep me from slipping away

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I can light up your smokes, I can laugh at your jokes
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I can watch you fall down on your knees
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I can close down this bar, I can gas up my car
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I can pack up and mail in my keys


Refrain

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Now the smoke fills the air in this honky-tonk bar
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And I'm thinkin' Ôbout where I'd rather be
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But I've burned all my bridges, I sank all my ships
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And I'm stranded at the edge of the sea


Refrain, except last line ends differently:
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And keep me from slipping away