

Prompt / Lyrics
Verse 1 (G) I’m nursing a (C) Lonestar, cold and (G) red (G) While you’re ordering an (D) AMF instead (G) That electric blue liquid (C) matches your eyes (G) While I’m over here just (D) wearing a disguise (G) I watch your brunette curls (C) dance when you move (G) In a rhythm of the (D) night I can’t quite approve. Verse 2 (G) Between the bathroom lines and the (C) powder on the glass (G) I’m watching the girl I (D) love fade into the past (G) I’ve done the kind acts and I’ve (C) played the saint (G) But in this neon light, (D) even the best men faint (G) You’re flirting with a (C) stranger for a chemical spark (G) While I’m the only one who (D) knows your heart in the dark. Chorus (C) Because you’ve got the most (G) genuine smile (D) The kind that makes a man (G) walk a thousand miles (C) But it’s taking a (G) toll, down to my soul (D) Watching my (C) angel lose all (G) control (C) Yeah, those curly waves and that (G) deep blue glass (D) Are a heavy-ass (C) debt that I (G) can’t let pass. Verse 3 (The Prayer) (C) Oh Lord, (G) wash her (D) clean in the blood and the (G) rain (C) Take the (G) dirt and the cocaine, and (D) quiet the (G) pain (C) Break every (D) chain that the (G) whiskey has (Em) tied (C) And lead her (D) back to the (G) man who’s been (Em) waiting for (D) You (C) To do for her (D) heart what (C) I couldn't (G) do. Bridge (Build the Intensity) (C) I’m tired of the (D) "thanks," I’m tired of the (G) "hey" (C) I’m tired of (D) watching you walking (G) away (C) With a stranger who (D) doesn’t know the (G) girl that I (Em) know (C) It’s a heavy-ass (D) debt and it’s starting to show. Verse 4 (G) I’ll be right here (C) when the lights come on (G) Just a good man (D) waiting for a cold, gray dawn (G) I’ll finish this (C) Lonestar and (D) pray for your (G) soul (G) 'Cause loving you, (D) girl, is (C) taking its (G) toll. Outro (Quiet & Slow) (G) So I’ll finish this (C) Lonestar and call it a night (G) While you and that (D) blue drink disappear from my sight (G) Just a genuine (C) smile in a (D) crowded-ass (G) room (G) Leaving me here in the (D) neon and (G) gloom. (Slow down on the final line—let the G chord ring out)
Tags
Outlaw Country/Red Dirt Ballad Tone: Weary, Gravelly, Deeply Spiritual
3:59
No
2/26/2026