Family Tradition chords by Hank Williams, Jr. (Official Version)
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
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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
E6
Why do you drink?
A7
Hank, why do you roll smoke?
B7
Why must you live out
E6
the songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over
A7
Try to put yourself in my unique position
B7
If I get stoned and sing all night long
E6
It's a family tradition
E6
Family Tradition
Hank Williams, Jr.
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