Chords for Hank Williams Jr. - Family Tradition

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_ _ Country music singers have [A] always been a real close family, _ _ _
[B] But lately some of my kinfolk have disowned [F#m] a few [E] others than me. _ _
I guess it's because [A] I kinda changed my direction, _
[B] Lord I guess I went and broke their _ family _ [E] tradition. _
_ Get on me and wanna know Hank, why do you drink?
_ _ [A] Hank, why do you rub smoke?
_ _ [B] Why must you live by the songs that you [E] wrote?
_ _ _ Over and over, _ [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.
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_ [E] So don't ask me Hank, why do you drink?
_ [A] Hank, why do you rub smoke?
_ _ [Em] [B] Why must you live by the songs that [E] you wrote?
_ _ If I'm down in a honky tonk, [A] some old slick's trying to get me for riches,
I [B] say leave me alone, I'm singing all night long, it's a family [E] tradition.
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Lordy, [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ I have loved some ladies,
_ [A] I have loved Jim B,
_ And [B] they both tried to kill me _ in _ 1973.
[E] _ _ _ Well now, _ ask me _ [A] son, how'd you get in this _ condition?
I'd [B] rather hate for bones, I'm just carrying on an old family [E] tradition.
_ _ _ So don't ask _ _ me Hank, why do you drink?
Hank, [A] why do you rub smoke? _
_ [B] Why must you _ live by the songs that [E] you wrote? _
_ Stop and think it over, try to put [A] 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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