The Old Ryman chords by Hank Williams Jr.

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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There's a building down in Nashville,
Tennessee.
It's the old rivalry,
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home of the Grand Ole Lottery.
Back when you hear that familiar phrase,
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Howdy, Miss Minnie Pearl
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It's brought laughter to people
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all over this old world
Why, if its walls could talk,
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what a story could be told
Of its memories of sadness
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and happiness it holds
It's the stage where the greatest stars
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are always heard
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Like Roy Aiken singing The
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Great Speckled Bird
You know so many songs that are sung
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there are so true
Like Ernest Tubbs singing
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Walking the Floor Over You
Yes, at the old Ryman
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you'll hear so many different sounds
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Like Earl Scruggs playing
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his Foggy Mountain Breakdown
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I know there's big modern buildings
and some that are small
But to me the old Ryman
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is the greatest of them all
No other building has ever
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filled so many dreams
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Of stars who come on stage
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amidst laughter and screams
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It seems it's that way almost every time
Like when Porter Wagner does
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Satisfied Mind
Thanks to the man above
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to let country music expand,
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to be blessed with great stars
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like Chet Hedges,
and other great stars
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who have departed from this life.
We'll always remember
Hank Williams singing
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I  Saw the Light, Rod Brasfield, Patsy Cline,
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and gentlemen Jim Reeves,
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Jack Englund, Hawkshaw Hawkins,
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we'll never forget these.
And our late friend, Cowboy Copus,
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doing Alabama.
They gave their all for country music.
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May we never let them down.
Like these stars mentioned,
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they've made country music so great.
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To all of them, we proudly congratulate.
And to you, old Ryman,
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from our music, you've never grown.
It's just a small way of saying thanks.
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That's why this story was wrote.