Family Tradition chords by
Hank Williams
Jr.

1979Country1.5K views

Key: E major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Country music singers
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Have always been a real close family
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But lately some of my kinfolks
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Have disowned a few others and me
I guess it's because
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I kinda changed my direction
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Lord, I guess I went
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and broke their family tradition

Chorus 1
They get on me and want to know, Hank
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Why do you drink?
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Hank, why do you roll smoke?
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Why must you live out
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the songs that you wrote?
Over and over
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Everybody makes my prediction
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So if I  get stoned, I'm just carrying on
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An old family tradition

Verse 2
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I  am very proud
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Of my daddy's name
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Although his kind of music
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And mine ain't exactly the same
Stop and think it over
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Put yourself in my position
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If I  get stoned and sing all night long
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It's a family tradition

Chorus 2
So don't ask me, Hank
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Why do you drink?
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Hank, why do you roll smoke?
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Why must you live out
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the songs that you wrote?
If I'm down in a honky-tonk
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And some ole slick's trying to give me friction
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I'll say 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 3
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Lordy, 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 1973
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 I'm just carrying on
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an old family tradition"

Chorus 3
So don't ask me, Hank
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Why do you drink?
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Hank, why do you roll smoke?
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Why must you live out
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the songs 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
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