"Honky Tonk Women" — the #1 single of 1969. It began as a country song ("Country Honk") and became a rock anthem overnight.
(Jagger/Richards)
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 you off my mind.
It's the honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.
I played a divorcee in New York City,
I had to put up some kind of a fight.
The lady then she covered me with roses,
She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.
It's the honky tonk women
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.
(Yeah!) It's the honky tonk women.
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.
(Yeah!) It's the honky tonk women.
Gimme, gimme, gimme the honky tonk blues.
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- Released as a single July 1969, the same month Brian Jones died. Hit #1 in the UK and US. The album version (Country Honk on Let It Bleed) uses fiddle. Charlie Watts' cowbell sets the tempo before anything else enters.