family tradition chords by Hank Williams
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Country music singers have
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always been a real close family
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But lately, some of my kinfolks have
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disowned a few others and me
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I guess it's because I kind of
changed my direction
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Lord, I guess I went and broke
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their family tradition
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Verse 2
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They get on me and want to know, "Hank
why do you drink?"
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Hank, why do you roll smoke?
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Why must you live out the songs
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that you wrote?
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Over and over everybody
makes my predictions
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So if I get stoned,
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I'm just carrying on an old family tradition
Verse 3
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I am very proud of my
daddy's name
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Although his kind of music and mine
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ain't exactly the same
Stop and think it over,
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put yourself in my position
Am
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If I get stoned and sing all night
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long it's a family tradition
Verse 4
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So don't ask me, "Hank,
why do you drink?"
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Hank, why do you roll smoke?
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Why must you live out the songs
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that you wrote?
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If I'm down in a honky-tonk some some
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ole slick's trying to give me friction
Am
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I said leave me alone, I'm singing all night long
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it's a family tradition
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Lord, I have loved some ladies
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and I have loved Jim Beam
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And they both tried to kill me in
nineteen-seventy-three
Em
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When When When that doctor asked me,
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"Son, how did you get in this condition?"
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I said, "Hey sawbones,
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I'm just carrying on an ole family tradition"
Verse 6
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So don't ask me, "Hank,
why do you drink?"
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Hank, why do roll smoke?
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Why must you live out the songs
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that you wrote?
Stop and think it over,
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try to put yourself in my unique position
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If I get stoned and sing all night long,
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it's a family tradition
family tradition
Hank Williams
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