[D] [Bm]
In a little honky-tonky village in Texas
[D] [G]
There's a guy who plays the best piano by far
[C]
He can play piano any way that you like it
[Em] [D]
But the way he likes to play is eight to the bar
[D] [G] [D]
When he plays, it's a ball, he's the daddy of them all
[D] [G] [D]
The people gather around when he gets on the stand
[G] [D] [C#]
Then when he plays, he gets a hand
[C]
The rhythm he beats puts the cats in a trance
[G]
Nobody there bothers to dance
[D]
But when he plays with the bass and guitar
[D] [G] [Em] [G]
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
[G] [F] [G] [F]
A-plink, a-plank, a-plink-a-plank-a-plink-a-plank
[G]
A-plunkin' on the keys
[C] [Am] [Am] [F]
A-riff, a-raff, a-riff-a-raff-a-riff-a-raff
[D] [Em]
A-riffin' out with ease
[D]
And when he plays with the bass and guitar
[G] [C] [G]
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
[G] [D] G...
[G]
He plays a boogie, he plays eight to the bar
[G] [Em]
The boogie-woogie, that is the way he likes to play on his piano
[C] [D]
And we all know
[G] [D]
That when he plays he puts them all in a trance
[D]
The cats all holler, "Hooray"
[G] [Em]
You'll hear them say, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] [G] [Em] [G] [D] [G] [D] [Am] [D] [Bm] [D]
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[Em] [C] [G]
In a little honky-tonky village in Texas
[C] [Am] [C] [G]
There's a guy who plays the best piano by far
[D] [Am] [D]
When he plays with the bass and guitar
[C] [D] [G]
They holler, "Beat me up Daddy, beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
[Bm] [D]
The people gather around when he gets up on the stand
[G] [Bm]
Then when he plays, he gets a hand
[C]
The rhythm that he plays puts the cats in a trance
[Am] [Em] [G] [D]
Nobody there ever bothers to dance
[D] [C] [D]
But when he plays with the bass and guitar
[G]
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
A-plink-plink, a-plank-plank, a-plink-a-plank-a-plink-a-plank
A-plunkin' on the keys
A-riff-riff, a-raff-raff, a-riff-a-raff-a-riff-a-raff
A-riffin' out with ease
And when he plays with the bass and guitar
They holler out, "Beat me Daddy, eight to the bar"
