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B
Country music singers
E
have always been a real close family
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but lately some of my kin folks
B
have disowned a few otha's and me
I guess its because
E
I kinda changed my direction
F# B
Lord, I guess I went and broke their family tradition
Tell me Hank
B
Why do you drink?
E
Hank why do you roll smoke?
F# B
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Over and over
E
Everybody made my prediction
F#
So if I get stoned
I'm just carryin'
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on an old family tradition
B
I am very proud
E
of my daddys name
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although his kinda music
B
and mine ain't exactly the same
stop and think it over
E
put yourself in my position
F#
if I get stoned and sing all night long
B
it's a family tradition
Won't you tell me Hank
B
Why do you drink?
E
Hank why do you roll smoke?
F# B
Why must you live out the songs your daddy wrote?
Over and over
E
Some old slick's tryin' to give me friction
F#
I say leave me alone
I'm just carryin'
B
on an old family tradition
B
Lordy, I have loved some ladies
E
and I have loved Jim Beam
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and they both tried to kill me
B
in 1973
when that doctor asked me
E
Son how did you get in this condition
F#
I said hey sawbones I'm just carryin on
B
an old family tradition
So don't ask me Hank
why do you drink?
E
why do you roll smoke?
F# B
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?
Stop and think it over
E
Put yourself in my unique position
F#
If I get stoned and sing all night long
B
It's a family tradition
F#
If I get stoned and sing all night long
B
It's a family tradition.
