Gonna Paint The Town

The Stanley Brothers

Written by Ralph Stanley

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

G                          C
She's from the hills of Kentucky
     G                 D7
With waving long black hair
    G                C
And lips as sweet as warm red wine
   G      D7     G
No others can compare

Verse 2

                C
I'm going honky tonkin’
     G                     D7
Everything's turned upside down
    G                C
But when I find that gal of mine
      D7                     G
We're really gonna paint the town

Verse 3

                      C
They say we can't get married
     G                D7
They said my worth is you
     G                       C
They don't know what they're talking about
           G         D7         G
They don't know what we've gone through

Verse 2

                C
I'm going honky tonkin’
     G                     D7
Everything's turned upside down
    G                C
But when I find that gal of mine
      D7                     G
We're really gonna paint the town

Verse 4

                    C
Now when you see me coming
       G                 D7
Better raise your window high
    G               C
And when you see me leaving lawd lawd
     G         D7       G
Hang down your head and cry

Verse 2

                C
I'm going honky tonkin’
     G                     D7
Everything's turned upside down
    G                C
But when I find that gal of mine
      D7                     G
We're really gonna paint the town

Verse 2

                C
I'm going honky tonkin’
     G                     D7
Everything's turned upside down
    G                C
But when I find that gal of mine
      D7                     G
We're really gonna paint the town