Give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues
I laid a divorcee, right here, in New York City
She's a honky tonk woman
She's a honky tonk woman
Give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues
Give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues, all right
She's a honky tonk woman
Give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues
I met a gin soaked, bar room queen in Memphis
Give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues
Give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues
She's a honky tonk woman
Give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
Give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues
She's a honky tonk woman
She tried to heave me right across her shoulder
And I just can't seem to drink her off my mind
The lady then, ooh, she covered me in roses
She's a honky tonk woman
She's a honky tonk woman
She's a honky tonk woman
I had to put up some kind of a fight
Give me, give me, give me the honky tonk blues
Well, she blew my nose and then she blew my mind
She's a honky tonk woman