50 Best Country Songs About Playing Pool

Top Country Pool Hall Songs

There’s a certain atmosphere in pool halls that feels both competitive and casual. The smack of cue balls, low laughter rolling through dim light, a jukebox in the corner that picks the mood more than the players do. Country music has always slipped easily into that setting, sometimes telling stories of late nights over a table, sometimes tapping into the grit and swagger that fits the game. Not every track spells it out word for word, but the attitude carries through.

Some songs drift in from the wider world of pop, rock, country, and R&B songs and still feel right in that haze of chalk dust and neon. They may not literally spell out a rack of stripes and solids, but they hold the same rhythm and slow-burn tension as a long shot across green felt. A track with a swing, a stomp, or a steady groove can match the tempo of a game that’s part strategy and part instinct. The fit doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to spark the same pulse.

These songs hit a mood that hangs around pool halls everywhere. They sound like a night that runs too long, like a grin after a good shot, like the sting of losing before you’re ready to quit. Some fit on the nose, others only circle the idea, but all of them land inside that world. Here are the best country songs for playing pool.

1. 'Nine Ball' by Zach Bryan

2. 'The Baron' by Johnny Cash

3. 'The Pool Shark' by Dave Dudley

4. 'The Pool Song' by Tanner Sparks

5. 'I Feel Lucky' by Mary Chapin Carpenter

6. 'When It Rains It Pours' by Luke Combs

7. 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' by Shaboozey

8. 'Friends in Low Places' by Garth Brooks

9. 'Drink in My Hand' by Eric Church

10. 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia' by The Charlie Daniels Band

11. 'Gin and Juice' by The Gourds

12. 'All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight' by Hank Williams Jr.

13. 'Honky Tonk Badonkadonk' by Trace Adkins

14. 'Redneck Woman' by Gretchen Wilson

15. 'She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy' by Kenny Chesney

16. 'Louisiana Saturday Night' by Mel McDaniel

17. 'T-R-O-U-B-L-E' by Travis Tritt

18. 'It's Five O'Clock Somewhere' by Alan Jackson

19. 'I Like It I Love It' by Tim McGraw

20. 'Here for the Party' by Gretchen Wilson

21. 'Drunk on a Plane' by Dierks Bentley

22. 'Boot Scootin' Boogie' by Brooks & Dunn

23. 'Watermelon Crawl' by Tracy Byrd

24. 'Play Something Country' by Brooks & Dunn

25. 'Man! I Feel Like A Woman!' by Shania Twain

26. 'Family Tradition' by Hank Williams Jr.

27. 'Alcohol' by Brad Paisley

28. 'All Summer Long' by Kid Rock

29. 'Chattahoochee' by Alan Jackson

30. 'Red Solo Cup' by Toby Keith

31. 'The Good Stuff' by Kenny Chesney

32. 'It's a Great Day to Be Alive' by Travis Tritt

33. 'Humble and Kind' by Tim McGraw

34. 'Unanswered Prayers' by Garth Brooks

35. 'Don't Blink' by Kenny Chesney

36. 'Live Like You Were Dying' by Tim McGraw

37. 'Simple Song' by Chris Stapleton

38. 'Life's Lessons' by Wyatt Flores

39. 'Bar Room Blue' by Jon Pardi

40. 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Luke Combs

41. 'Fancy' by Reba McEntire

42. 'The Gambler' by Kenny Rogers

43. 'Take This Job and Shove It' by Johnny Paycheck

44. 'That's My Kind of Night' by Luke Bryan

45. 'One Margarita' by Luke Bryan

46. 'I Was on a Boat That Day' by Old Dominion

47. 'Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off' by Joe Nichols

48. 'Barefoot Blue Jean Night' by Jake Owen

49. 'Honky Tonk Disco Nights' by Elle King

50. 'Chicken Fried' by Zac Brown Band