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Family Tradition
Hank Williams Jr.
Key : E
Capo
[Intro]
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E

[Verse 1]
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E                                        A
Country music singers have always been a real close family
    B7                                                           E
But lately, some of my kinfolks have disowned a few others and me
                              A
I guess it's because I kind of changed my direction
B7                                             E
Lord, I guess I went and broke their family tradition
They get on me and want to know,

[Chorus (1)]
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     E                       A
Hank why do you drink? Hank, why do you roll smoke?
B7
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
E                    A
 Over and over, everybody makes my predictions
      B7                                                  E
So if I get stoned, I'm just carrying on an old family tradition

[Verse 2]
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E               A
I am very proud of my daddy's name
B7                                                        E
Although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same
                                A
Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position
   B7                                                     E
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family tradition
                       E
So don't ask me, Hank, why do you drink?

[Chorus (2)]
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      A
Hank, why do you roll smoke?
B7
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
E                                    A
 If I'm down in a honkytonk some ole slick's trying to give me friction
       B7                                                           E
I said leave me alone, I'm singing all night long, it's a family tradition

[Fiddle Solo]
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E | A | B7 | E 

[Lap Steel Solo]
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E | A | B7 | E 

[Verse 3]
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      E                            A
Lordy I have loved some ladies and I have loved Jim Beam
    B7                                                  E
And they both tried to kill me in nineteen seventy three
                                    A
And when that doctor asked me, "Son how'd you get in this condition?"
          B7                                                  E
I said, "ahey sawbones, I'm just carrying on an ole family tradition"
                       E
So don't ask me, Hank, why do you drink?

[Chorus (3)]
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      A
Hank, why do you roll smoke?
B7
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
E                                       A
 Stop and think it over, try to put yourself in my unique position
   B7                                                     E     B7 E
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family tradition
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