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family tradition easy guitar chords by
Hank Williams
Hank Williams

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Intro 1
D

Verse 1
D

Country music singers have
G

always been a real close family
A

But lately, some of my kinfolks have
D

disowned a few others and me
G

I guess it's because I kind of

changed my direction
A

Lord, I guess I went and broke
D

their family tradition
Verse 2
D

They get on me and want to know, "Hank

why do you drink?"
G

Hank, why do you roll smoke?
A

Why must you live out the songs
D

that you wrote?
G

Over and over everybody

makes my predictions
A

So if I get stoned,
D

I'm just carrying on an old family tradition
Verse 3
D
G

I am very proud of my

daddy's name
A

Although his kind of music and mine
D

ain't exactly the same

Stop and think it over,
G

put yourself in my position
Am
A

If I get stoned and sing all night
D

long it's a family tradition
Verse 4
D

So don't ask me, "Hank,

why do you drink?"
G

Hank, why do you roll smoke?
A

Why must you live out the songs
D
G

that you wrote?
D

If I'm down in a honky-tonk some some
G

ole slick's trying to give me friction
Am
A

I said leave me alone, I'm singing all night long
D

it's a family tradition
Interlude 1
D
G
A

D
G
A

D

Verse 5
D

Lord, I have loved some ladies
G

and I have loved Jim Beam
A

And they both tried to kill me in

nineteen-seventy-three
Em
D

When When When that doctor asked me,
G

"Son, how did you get in this condition?"
A

I said, "Hey sawbones,
D

I'm just carrying on an ole family tradition"
Verse 6
D

So don't ask me, "Hank,

why do you drink?"
G

Hank, why do roll smoke?
A

Why must you live out the songs
D

that you wrote?

Stop and think it over,
G

try to put yourself in my unique position
A

If I get stoned and sing all night long,
D

it's a family tradition

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  • Am

  • Em

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