The Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Woman Lyrics: [Intro featuring cow bell.] I met a gin soaked, bar-room 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 ya off my mind. (It's a-honky tonk women.) (Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.) I layed a divorcee in New York City, I had to put up some kind of a fight. [ Find more Lyrics at www.mp3lyrics.org/PJ8g ]The lady, then she covered me in roses, She blew my nose and then she blew my mind. Hey! (It's a-honky tonk women.) (Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.) Yeah, all right. [Instrumental break.] (It's a-honk-) It's a hon- (it's a) honky tonk (-ky tonk women.) Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. (It's a-honk-) It's a hon- (it's a) honky tonk (-ky tonk women.) Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues. Lyrics: Honky Tonk Woman, The Rolling Stones [end]
HONKY TONK WOMEN 1 (Note that it is Women, not Woman.)
Written by: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards.
Produced by: Jimmy Miller.
Performed by: The Rolling Stones 2 2a -1969.
Appears on: "Honky Tonk Women" (B-side: "You Can't Always Get What You Want"
45 RPM) (UK)-Jul.4,1969 (US)-Jul.11,1969; Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits,
Vol. 2) (US)-1969, (UK)-1969 (Japan)-2006; Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!-1970,
(Japan)-2006; Gimme Shelter (Live)-1971 & (Video)-1991; Hot Rocks: 1964-1971
(ABKCO)-1972 3 , (Sound & Vision)-2005 & (Japan)-2006; Rolled Gold+: The Very
Best of the Rolling Stones (Decca)-1975 & (Universal)-2007; East & West-1979;
Singles Collection: The London Years (US)-1989, (Japan)-2006; Headin' for an
Overload (Bootleg)-1995; Forty Licks (Virgin US)-2002, (Collector's
Edition)-2002, (European Tour Edition)-2003, (European Tour Edition
Expanded)-2003; Greatest Rarities, Vol. 1-1991; Singles 1968-1971)-2005; et al.
1 Three versions of the song were recorded by the band:
1 the familiar hit which appeared on the 45RPM single and their on the album,
Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2), a collection of late 1960s singles;
and 2a honky-tonk version entitled, "Country Honk," with slightly different lyrics,
which appears on the album, Let it Bleed.
And 3 the concert rendition of the song featured on,
Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out, Love You Like & Live Live Licks,
differs from both the hit version and the country version, with a very
different guitar introduction and an entirely different second verse.
2 Personnel, May 1969-December 1974: Mick Jagger (lead vocals, harmonica,
keyboards, percussion, guitar), Keith Richards (guitars, vocals, bass,
keyboards), Mick Taylor 4 (guitars, bass, synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals),
Charlie Watts (drums, percussion), Bill Wyman (bass, synthesizer),
Ian Stewart (piano) and Jimmy Miller (cowbell).
2a Covered by: Bootleg Family Band, Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger, Joe
Cocker, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Free, Groove Da Praia, Hit Crew,
Homewreckers, Humble Pie, Waylon Jennings, Billy Joel, Elton John, Tom Jones,
Albert King, Alexis Korner, Lasha, Taj Mahal, The Meters, Mott the Hoople,
Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Gram
Parsons, The Pogues, Tom Ries, The Rolling Clones, Earl Scruggs, The Shadows,
Studio 99, Big Jim Sullivan, Tesla, Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Turner, Tina
Turner, The Ventures, Charlie Walker, Leslie West, Hank Williams Jr., Ron
Wood, et al.
3 Transcribed from the track on this album.
4 Mick Taylor replaced Brian Jones who was fired because of his heavy drug
use which rendered him unable to tour the U.S. during the summer of 1969.
Shortly thereafter, on July 2, 1969, he was found dead in the pool at his
home 50 miles southeast of London. It was reported that Jones had been
drinking wine and taking downers. |