Dim Lights Thick Smoke

Marty Stuart

Written by Joe Maphis, Max Fidler, Rose Lee Maphis

Key of C · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

C                                 C7   F
Dim lights  thick smoke  and loud loud music
C                                      G7
It's the only kind of life you'll ever understand
C                            C7        F
Dim lights  thick smoke  and loud loud music
C                            G7            C
You'll never make a wife  to a home loving man

Verse 2

C7                                            F
A home with little children  means nothing to you
C                                         G7
A house filled with love and a husband so true
C                                  C7            F
You'd rather have a drink with the first guy you meet
C                                 G7            C
And the only home you know is the club down the street

Verse 1

C                                 C7   F
Dim lights  thick smoke  and loud loud music
C                                      G7
It's the only kind of life you'll ever understand
C                            C7        F
Dim lights  thick smoke  and loud loud music
C                            G7            C
You'll never make a wife  to a home loving man

Verse 3

C7                                       F
A-drinking and a-dancing to a honky tonk band
C                                      G7
Is the only kind of life you will ever understand
C                           C7                  F
Go on and have your fun you think you played it smart
C                             G7         C
But I'm sorry for you in your honky tonk heart

Verse 1

C                                 C7   F
Dim lights  thick smoke  and loud loud music
C                                      G7
It's the only kind of life you'll ever understand
C                            C7        F
Dim lights  thick smoke  and loud loud music
C                            G7            C
You'll never make a wife  to a home loving man