by Hank Williams Jr. – Key of A   

All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Hank Williams Jr.. It was released in September 1981 as the first single from the album The Pressure Is On. The song was Williams Jr.’s fifth number one on the country chart.

[Verse 1] - - - [C] All my rowdy [G] friends have settled [C] down, and [F] they seem to be more [G] into laid back [C] songs.  [G] Nobody wants to get drunk and get loud.  Everybody just wants to go back [C] home

[C] I myself have [G] seen my wilder [C] days.  And [F] I have seen my [G] name at the top of the [C] page.  But I [F] need to find a [G] friend just to run [C] around.  But [F] nobody wants to get [C] high on the [Dm] town; And [F] all my rowdy [G] friends have settled [C]  down

[Chorus 1] - - - And I [F] think I know what my [G] father meant when he [C] sang about a lost highway.  And [F] old George Jones I'm [G] glad to see is [C] finally getting straight; and [F] Waylon's staying [G]  home and loving [C] Jessi more these  days. [F Em Dm] - - - But [F] nobody wants to get [C] drunk and get [Dm] loud; And [F] all my rowdy [G] friends have settled [C]  down

[Verse 2] - - - And the [F] hangovers [G] hurt more then they [C] used to.  And [F] cornbread and [G] ice tea took the [C] place of 90 proof;  And it [F] seems like none of us [G] do things quite [C] like we [F Em Dm] used to do. [F] Nobody wants to get [Em] high on the [Dm] town; And [F] all my rowdy [G] friends have settled [C]  down

[Chorus 2] - - - - Yeah I [F] think I know what my [G] father meant when he [C] sang about a lost highway.   And [F] Johnny Cash don't [G] act like he did [C] back in '68.  And [F] Kris he is a [G] movie star and he's [C] moved off to. [F Em Dm] L.A.

And [F] nobody wants to get [C] drunk and get [Dm] loud; - - - - - [F] nobody wants to get [C] high on the [Dm] town; - - - - - And [F] all my rowdy [G] friends have settled [C]  down. - - - - - Yeah [F] me and my rowdy [G] friends done rowdied on [C] down  [ C G C ]


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