Family Tradition Chords by Hank Williams Jr

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[E] Country _ music singers [Em] have [A] always been a real close family, _ _ _ [B] but lately some of my kinfolk
have disowned a few [E] others than me. _ _
I guess it's because [A] I kind of changed my direction. _
[B] Lord, I guess I went and broke their family _ [E] tradition. _
_ They get on me and want to know how to do this drink.
_ _ [A] Hank, why do you love smoke?
_ _ [B] Why must you live by the song that you [E] wrote?
_ _ _ Oh, but _ _ _ [A] everybody made my prediction.
_ [B] So if I get stoned, I'm just carrying on an old family [E] tradition. _ _ _ _ _
_ I am very proud _
_ [A] of my daddy's name.
_ [B] _ Although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly [E] the same. _
_ Stop and think it over. _
[A] Put yourself in my position. _
[B] If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family [A] [E] tradition.
[Em] _
_ [E] So don't ask me, Hank, why do you drink?
_ [A] Hank, why do you love smoke?
_ _ [B] _ Why must you _ live by the song that you [E] wrote?
_ _ If I'm _ down on my guitar and [A] some old flex trying to get me to break loose,
[B] I say leave me alone.
I'm singing all night long.
It's a family [Em] _ [E] tradition.
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Woo! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Lordy, I have loved some ladies.
_ _ [A] And I have loved him, babe.
_ [B] And they both tried to kill me. _ _ _ _
_ [E] In 1973.
_ _ When they _ asked me, [A] son, how'd you get in this condition?
I [B] said, I hate soft bones.
I'm just carrying on an old family _ [E] tradition.
_ _ So don't ask me, Hank, why do you drink? _
[A] Hank, why do you love smoke? _
_ [B] Why must you live by the song that [E] you wrote? _
_ Stop and think it over.
Try to [A] put yourself in my unique position.
[B] If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family [E] tradition. _
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