Family Tradition - Hank Williams Jr. | Guitar Chords | VChords

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

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

[Verse 2]
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I am very proud 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 over, put yourself in my position
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If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family tradition
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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?
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 If I'm down in a honkytonk some ole slick's trying to give me friction
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I said leave me alone, I'm singing all night long, it's a family tradition

[Fiddle Solo]
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[Lap Steel Solo]
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[Verse 3]
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Lordy I have loved some ladies and I have loved Jim Beam
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And they both tried to kill me in nineteen seventy three
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And when that doctor asked me, "Son how'd you get in this condition?"
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I said, "ahey sawbones, I'm just carrying on an ole family tradition"
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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?
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 Stop and think it over, 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 tradition