Honky Tonk Women
The Rolling Stones * Track #12 On Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)
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Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones
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Performed by
The Rolling StonesProduced by
Jimmy MillerWrited by
Keith Richards & Mick JaggerAbout
“Honkey Tonk Women” is the electric, blues-rock version of “Country Honk”, written by the Glimmer Twins during their December 1968 jaunt to Brazil to charge their batteries after months of intense work.
Other than a few small differences, the words of “Honky Tonk Women” are the same of those in “Co...
Honky Tonk Women Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
She had to heave me right across her shoulder
'Cause I just can't seem to drink you off my mind
[Chorus]
It's the honky tonk women
That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
[Verse 2]
I laid a divorcee in New York City
I had to put up some kind of a fight
The lady then she covered me in roses
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind
[Chorus]
It's the honky tonk women
That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
[Verse 3]
Strollin' on the boulevards of Paris
Naked as the day that I will die
The sailors, they're so charming there in Paris
But I just don't seem to sail you off my mind
[Chorus]
It's the honky tonk women
That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
It's the honky tonk women
That gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues
Honky Tonk Women Q&A
Who wrote Honky Tonk Women's ?
Honky Tonk Women was written by Keith Richards & Mick Jagger.
Who produced Honky Tonk Women's ?
Honky Tonk Women was produced by Jimmy Miller.
When did The Rolling Stones release Honky Tonk Women?
The Rolling Stones released Honky Tonk Women on Fri Jul 04 1969.
What does "honky tonk" mean?
Also known as dive-bars, honkey-tonks were rough establishments in the Deep South which provided alcohol and country music to members of the working class. Honkey-tonk bars were predecessors to present-day cabarets and night clubs – in this song, the Rolling Stones refer to their reputation as centr...
What did The Rolling Stones say about "Honky Tonk Women"?
Charlie Watts on the magic formula behind “Honkey Tonk Women”:
We’ve never played an intro to ‘Honkey Tonk Women’ live the way it is on the record. That’s Jimmy [Miller] playing the cowbell and either he comes in wrong or I come in wrong – but Keith comes in right, which makes the whole thing right...