Family Tradition Tab by
Hank Williams
Hank Williams
Jr.
Jr.

1979Country1.5K views
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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/ and broke their family tra dition
They get on me and want to know, Hank
Chorus 1
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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 tra dition
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
And mine ain't exactly the same
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Stop and think it o
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ver Put your
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self in my po
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sition If
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I get stoned and sing all night long
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It's a
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family tra
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So don't ask me, Hank
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Chorus 2
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Why do you drink?
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Hank,
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why do you roll
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smoke?
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Why must you live
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out the songs
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that you wrote?
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If I'm down in a
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honky-tonk And some ole
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slick's trying to give me
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friction I'll say
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leave me alone I'm singing all
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night long It's a
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family tra
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Interlude 1
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E6
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A7
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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
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When that doctor asked me
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"Son, how did you get in this con
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dition?" I said
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"Hey, Sawbones I'm just carrying on
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an old family tra
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So don't ask me, Hank
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Chorus 3
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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
It's a family tra
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