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Intro 1
(E6)
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(E6)
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(E6)
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(E6)
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Verse 1
(E6) Country music singers
Have always been a (A7) real close family
But (B7) lately some of my kinfolks
Have disowned a few others and me (E6)
I guess it's because
I kinda (A7) changed my direction
(B7) Lord, I guess I went
and broke their family tra (E6) dition
They get on me and want to know, Hank

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Chorus 1
(E6) Why do you drink?
Hank, (A7) why do you roll smoke?
(B7) Why must you live out
the songs that you wrote? (E6)
Over and over
Every (A7) body makes my prediction
So if (B7) I get stoned, I'm just carrying on
An old family tra (E6) dition
Verse 2
(E6) I am very proud
(A7) Of my daddy's name
(B7) Although his kind of music
And mine ain't exactly the same
(E6)
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(E6) Stop and think it o
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(E6) ver Put your
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(A7) self in my po
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(A7) sition If
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(B7) I get stoned and sing all night long
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It's a
(B7) family tra
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(E6) dition
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(E6) So don't ask me, Hank
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Chorus 2
(E6) Why do you drink?
(E6) Hank,
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(A7) why do you roll
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(A7) smoke?
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(B7) Why must you live
(B7) out the songs
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that you wrote?
(E6)
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(E6) If I'm down in a
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(E6) honky-tonk And some ole
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(A7) slick's trying to give me
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(A7) friction I'll say
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(B7) leave me alone I'm singing all
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(B7) night long It's a
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(B7) family tra
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(E6) dition
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(E6)
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Interlude 1
(E6) (E6) (A7) (A7)
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(B7) (B7) (B7) (E6)
(E6) (E6) (A7) (A7)
(B7) (B7) (B7) (E6)
(E6)
Verse 3
Lordy, (E6) I have loved some ladies
And (A7) I have loved Jim Beam
And (B7) they both tried to kill me in 1973
(E6)
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(E6) When that doctor asked me
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"Son, (A7) how did you get in this con
(A7) dition?" I said
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(B7) "Hey, Sawbones I'm just carrying on
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an old family tra
(E6) dition"
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So don't ask me, Hank
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Chorus 3
(E6) Why do you drink?
Hank, (A7) why do you roll smoke?
(B7) Why must you live out
the songs that you wrote? (E6)
Stop and think it over
Try to put your (A7) self in my unique position
If (B7) I get stoned and sing all night long
It's a family tra
(E6) dition
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(E6)
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1979Country
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