Dim Lights, Thick Smoke

Joe Maphis, Max Fidler, Rose Lee Maphis

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                            C
Dim lights, thick smoke, and loud, loud music
G                                         D
Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand
G                           C
Dim lights, thick smoke and loud, loud music
G                   D                     G
You'll never make a wife to a home-loving man

Verse 2

G                               C
A home and little children mean nothing to you
G                                         D
A house filled with love and a husband so true
G                                  C
You'd rather have a drink with the first guy you meet
G                     D                         G
And the only home you know is the club down the street

Verse 3

G                           C
A drinking and dancing to a honky tonk band
G                                         D
Is the only kind of life you'll ever understand
G                            C
Go on and have your fun, you think you've played it smart
G             D                       G
I'm sorry for you and your honky tonk heart