[Verse] 

              
  Blame it all

 
 on my roots
            
         I sho

wed up in boot

s
           
       And rui

ned your black

 tie affair
           
       The las

t one to know
           
       The last one to show
           
 I was the las

t one you thou

ght you'd see 

there
           
     And I saw the surprise
           
   And the fea

r in his eyes
            
      When I t

              
ook his glass 

       
of champagne
           
           I t

oasted you
           
Said honey we may be through
           
       But you'll never hear me 
           
       Complain


[Chorus]

           
    'Cause I g

ot friends in 

low places
           
 Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases
           
       My blue

s away
           
  And I'll be 

okay
           
           I'm

 not big on so

cial graces
           
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
            
    'Cause I'v

             
e got friends 
           
   In low plac

es


[Verse]

           
    Well I gue

ss I was wrong
           
         I jus

t don't belong
           
       But the

n, I've been t

here before
           
      Everythi

ng's alright
           
      I'll just say goodnight
           
  And I'll sho

w myself to th

e door
           
       Hey I didn't mean 
           
        To cau

se a big scene
            
      Just giv

              
e me an hour a

   
nd then
           
           I'l

l be as high a

s that
           
           Ivory tower
          
            That you're livin'
           
           in


[Chorus]

           
    'Cause I g

ot friends in 

low places
           
 Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases
           
       My blue

s away
           
  And I'll be 

okay
           
           I'm

 not big on so

cial graces
           
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
            
    'Cause I'v

             
e got friends 
           
   In low plac

es


[Verse]

              
         I gue

    
ss I was wrong

 
           
         I jus

t don't belong

 
           
       But the

n, I've been t

here before 
           
  And everythi

ng's alright 
           
      I'll just say goodnight 
           
  And I'll sho

w myself to th

e door 
           
           I didn't mean 
           
        To cau

se a big scene

 
            
      Just giv

              
e me an hour a

       
nd then 
           
 I'll be as hi

gh as that ivo

ry tower 
           
         That you're livin' in
         


[Chorus]

           
    'Cause I g

ot friends in 

low places
           
 Where the whiskey drowns and the beer chases
           
       My blue

s away
           
  And I'll be 

okay
           
           I'm

 not big on so

cial graces
           
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
            
    'Cause I'v

             
e got friends 
           
   In low plac

es