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Family Tradition chords by Hank Williams, Jr.

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Intro 1

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

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Chorus 1
They get on me and want to know, Hank
E 
 (E major) Why do you drink?
A 
Hank,  (A major) why do you roll smoke?
B 
 (B major) Why must you live out
E 
the songs that you wrote?  (E major) 
Over and over
A 
Every (A major) body makes my prediction
B 
So if  (B major) I  get stoned, I'm just carrying on
E 
An old family tra (E major) dition

Verse 2
E 
 (E major) I  am very proud
A 
 (A major) Of my daddy's name
B 
 (B major) Although his kind of music
E 
And mine ain't exactly the same  (E major) 
Stop and think it over
A 
Put your (A major) self in my position
B 
If  (B major) I  get stoned and sing all night long
E 
It's a family tra (E major) dition

Chorus 2
So don't ask me, Hank
E 
 (E major) Why do you drink?
A 
Hank,  (A major) why do you roll smoke?
B 
 (B major) Why must you live out
E 
the songs that you wrote?  (E major) 
If I'm down in a honky-tonk
A 
And some ole  (A major) slick's trying to give me friction
B 
I'll say  (B major) leave me alone I'm singing all night long
E 
It's a family tra (E major) dition

Interlude 1
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E 
A 
A 
 (E major)  (E major)  (A major)  (A major) 
B 
B 
B 
E 
 (B major)  (B major)  (B major)  (E major) 
E 
E 
A 
A 
 (E major)  (E major)  (A major)  (A major) 
B 
B 
B 
E 
 (B major)  (B major)  (B major)  (E major) 
E 
 (E major) 

Verse 3
E 
Lordy,  (E major) I  have loved some ladies
A 
And  (A major) I  have loved Jim Beam
B 
E 
And  (B major) they both tried to kill me in 1973  (E major) 
When that doctor asked me
A 
"Son,  (A major) how did you get in this condition?"
B 
I said  (B major) "Hey, Sawbones I'm just carrying on
E 
an old family tra (E major) dition"

Chorus 3
So don't ask me, Hank
E 
 (E major) Why do you drink?
A 
Hank,  (A major) why do you roll smoke?
B 
 (B major) Why must you live out
E 
the songs that you wrote?  (E major) 
Stop and think it over
A 
Try to put your (A major) self in my unique position
B 
If  (B major) I  get stoned and sing all night long
E 
It's a family tra (E major) dition
E 
 (E major) 

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