Ballad Of Hank Williams Chords by Hank Williams Jr
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] Don, tell us how it really was when you was working with Daddy.
Well, in 1950, [D] I took a little [E] nip along Mr.
[A] Williams on the way to Mississippi.
We were stacked eight feet in a pack of [E] limousines when we met this [A] promoter in the town of New Orleans.
Well, a man told [D] Daddy he had what it [E] took, and he liked the way it [A] sang, and he liked the way it shook.
He said pretty soon he'd make us all [E] rich, and we started [A] believing that fat song, Betty.
Now Daddy told a [D] man, if you want to make some [E] dough, take a little [A] money and put me on a show.
And we [D] played them dates and we filled the places [E] well, but Hank, he [A] done blowed the profit all hell,
because he'd run through a ten and he'd run through a twenty and he'd run through a [E] hundred just to [A] start and take a dough.
Like a big dope of pop going down in Pennyfeller, he spent a thousand dollars on a hundred dollar show.
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
Hank looked at [D] me with a funny looking [E] grin, said, I've been to the [A] hopper and I'm [Bm] going back [A] again.
We met the [D] owner and a little officer, [E] a big fat [A] fella with some artificial hair.
He told Hank he [D] wanted half of everything he [E] made or he'd have to tell [A] Audrey about some women Hank had laid.
And you told Daddy [D] you better get [E] Mark, get rid of them fellas [A] and make a new start.
And he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody [E] just as hard [A] as he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt.
And he fired some people that he didn't even know.
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] Well, everything he [D] made, it went to number one.
[E] Y'all was working like [A] hell and you was having fun.
We was riding every [D] day and playing every [E] night and every twenty [A] minutes some of us had a fight.
Now Daddy, he was making [D] money hand over fist [E] and y'all was getting [A] screwed, but you wasn't getting kicked.
Yeah, I told him to [D] pass a little bit around, [E] but he said he'd rather send [A] it to his folks in Alabama.
So he fired your ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired some people [E] that he didn't [A] even know.
[D]
[E] [A] [D]
[E] [A]
Now the owner of the Opry, [D] he's been doing pretty good.
[E] He's got a mutated company [A] that they call Cedarwood.
And Hank played nothing [D] but sold out [E] halls and I was pumping [A] gas in greasy overalls.
So he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody [E] just as hard as [A] he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired [E] some people that he didn't [A] even know.
Hank run through a fifty and he run through a hundred and he run through a thousand just as hard as he could go.
I'm Cadillac, who's paying double alimony.
He fired some people that he didn't even know.
[D]
[E] John, you know [A] you used to work for me one time.
I [D] sure remember that, but [E] come to think of it, you [A] fired my ass back in 1972.
Well, it's a family tradition, you know, John.
Yeah, yeah.
But I kept Jerry Rivers.
Right, right.
[N]
Well, in 1950, [D] I took a little [E] nip along Mr.
[A] Williams on the way to Mississippi.
We were stacked eight feet in a pack of [E] limousines when we met this [A] promoter in the town of New Orleans.
Well, a man told [D] Daddy he had what it [E] took, and he liked the way it [A] sang, and he liked the way it shook.
He said pretty soon he'd make us all [E] rich, and we started [A] believing that fat song, Betty.
Now Daddy told a [D] man, if you want to make some [E] dough, take a little [A] money and put me on a show.
And we [D] played them dates and we filled the places [E] well, but Hank, he [A] done blowed the profit all hell,
because he'd run through a ten and he'd run through a twenty and he'd run through a [E] hundred just to [A] start and take a dough.
Like a big dope of pop going down in Pennyfeller, he spent a thousand dollars on a hundred dollar show.
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
Hank looked at [D] me with a funny looking [E] grin, said, I've been to the [A] hopper and I'm [Bm] going back [A] again.
We met the [D] owner and a little officer, [E] a big fat [A] fella with some artificial hair.
He told Hank he [D] wanted half of everything he [E] made or he'd have to tell [A] Audrey about some women Hank had laid.
And you told Daddy [D] you better get [E] Mark, get rid of them fellas [A] and make a new start.
And he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody [E] just as hard [A] as he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt.
And he fired some people that he didn't even know.
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] Well, everything he [D] made, it went to number one.
[E] Y'all was working like [A] hell and you was having fun.
We was riding every [D] day and playing every [E] night and every twenty [A] minutes some of us had a fight.
Now Daddy, he was making [D] money hand over fist [E] and y'all was getting [A] screwed, but you wasn't getting kicked.
Yeah, I told him to [D] pass a little bit around, [E] but he said he'd rather send [A] it to his folks in Alabama.
So he fired your ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired some people [E] that he didn't [A] even know.
[D]
[E] [A] [D]
[E] [A]
Now the owner of the Opry, [D] he's been doing pretty good.
[E] He's got a mutated company [A] that they call Cedarwood.
And Hank played nothing [D] but sold out [E] halls and I was pumping [A] gas in greasy overalls.
So he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody [E] just as hard as [A] he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired [E] some people that he didn't [A] even know.
Hank run through a fifty and he run through a hundred and he run through a thousand just as hard as he could go.
I'm Cadillac, who's paying double alimony.
He fired some people that he didn't even know.
[D]
[E] John, you know [A] you used to work for me one time.
I [D] sure remember that, but [E] come to think of it, you [A] fired my ass back in 1972.
Well, it's a family tradition, you know, John.
Yeah, yeah.
But I kept Jerry Rivers.
Right, right.
[N]
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_ [A] _ Don, tell us how it really was when you was working with Daddy.
Well, in 1950, [D] I took a little [E] nip along Mr.
[A] Williams on the way to Mississippi.
_ We were stacked eight feet in a pack of [E] limousines when we met this [A] promoter in the town of New Orleans. _ _
Well, a man told [D] Daddy he had what it [E] took, and he liked the way it [A] sang, and he liked the way it shook.
He said pretty soon he'd make us all [E] rich, and we started [A] believing that fat song, Betty.
_ _ Now Daddy told a [D] man, if you want to make some [E] dough, take a little [A] money and put me on a show.
And we [D] played them dates and we filled the places [E] well, but Hank, he [A] done blowed the profit all hell,
because he'd run through a ten and he'd run through a twenty and he'd run through a [E] hundred just to [A] start and take a dough.
Like a big dope of pop going down in Pennyfeller, he spent a thousand dollars on a hundred dollar show.
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ Hank looked at [D] me with a funny looking [E] grin, said, I've been to the [A] hopper and I'm [Bm] going back [A] again.
We met the [D] owner and a little officer, [E] a big fat [A] fella with some artificial hair.
He told Hank he [D] wanted half of everything he [E] made or he'd have to tell [A] Audrey about some women Hank had laid.
And you told Daddy [D] you better get [E] Mark, get rid of them fellas [A] and make a new start.
And he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody [E] just as hard [A] as he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt.
And he fired some people that he didn't even know.
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ Well, everything he [D] made, it went to number one.
[E] Y'all was working like [A] hell and you was having fun.
We was riding every [D] day and playing every [E] night and every twenty [A] minutes some of us had a fight.
Now Daddy, he was making [D] money hand over fist [E] and y'all was getting [A] screwed, but you wasn't getting kicked.
Yeah, I told him to [D] pass a little bit around, [E] but he said he'd rather send [A] it to his folks in Alabama.
So he fired your ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired some people [E] that he didn't [A] even know.
_ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Now the owner of the Opry, [D] he's been doing pretty good.
[E] He's got a mutated company [A] that they call Cedarwood.
_ And Hank played nothing [D] but sold out [E] halls and I was pumping [A] gas in greasy overalls.
So he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody [E] just as hard as [A] he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired [E] some people that he didn't [A] even know.
_ Hank run through a fifty and he run through a hundred and he run through a thousand just as hard as he could go.
I'm Cadillac, who's paying double alimony.
He fired some people that he didn't even know.
_ [D] _ _
_ [E] John, you know [A] you used to work for me one time.
I [D] sure remember that, but [E] come to think of it, you [A] fired my ass back in 1972. _
_ _ Well, it's a family tradition, you know, John.
Yeah, yeah.
But I kept Jerry Rivers.
Right, right. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
Well, in 1950, [D] I took a little [E] nip along Mr.
[A] Williams on the way to Mississippi.
_ We were stacked eight feet in a pack of [E] limousines when we met this [A] promoter in the town of New Orleans. _ _
Well, a man told [D] Daddy he had what it [E] took, and he liked the way it [A] sang, and he liked the way it shook.
He said pretty soon he'd make us all [E] rich, and we started [A] believing that fat song, Betty.
_ _ Now Daddy told a [D] man, if you want to make some [E] dough, take a little [A] money and put me on a show.
And we [D] played them dates and we filled the places [E] well, but Hank, he [A] done blowed the profit all hell,
because he'd run through a ten and he'd run through a twenty and he'd run through a [E] hundred just to [A] start and take a dough.
Like a big dope of pop going down in Pennyfeller, he spent a thousand dollars on a hundred dollar show.
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ Hank looked at [D] me with a funny looking [E] grin, said, I've been to the [A] hopper and I'm [Bm] going back [A] again.
We met the [D] owner and a little officer, [E] a big fat [A] fella with some artificial hair.
He told Hank he [D] wanted half of everything he [E] made or he'd have to tell [A] Audrey about some women Hank had laid.
And you told Daddy [D] you better get [E] Mark, get rid of them fellas [A] and make a new start.
And he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody [E] just as hard [A] as he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt.
And he fired some people that he didn't even know.
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ Well, everything he [D] made, it went to number one.
[E] Y'all was working like [A] hell and you was having fun.
We was riding every [D] day and playing every [E] night and every twenty [A] minutes some of us had a fight.
Now Daddy, he was making [D] money hand over fist [E] and y'all was getting [A] screwed, but you wasn't getting kicked.
Yeah, I told him to [D] pass a little bit around, [E] but he said he'd rather send [A] it to his folks in Alabama.
So he fired your ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody just as hard as he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired some people [E] that he didn't [A] even know.
_ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
Now the owner of the Opry, [D] he's been doing pretty good.
[E] He's got a mutated company [A] that they call Cedarwood.
_ And Hank played nothing [D] but sold out [E] halls and I was pumping [A] gas in greasy overalls.
So he fired my ass and he fired Jerry Rivers and he fired everybody [E] just as hard as [A] he could go.
He fired old Cedric and he fired Sammy Pruitt and he fired [E] some people that he didn't [A] even know.
_ Hank run through a fifty and he run through a hundred and he run through a thousand just as hard as he could go.
I'm Cadillac, who's paying double alimony.
He fired some people that he didn't even know.
_ [D] _ _
_ [E] John, you know [A] you used to work for me one time.
I [D] sure remember that, but [E] come to think of it, you [A] fired my ass back in 1972. _
_ _ Well, it's a family tradition, you know, John.
Yeah, yeah.
But I kept Jerry Rivers.
Right, right. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
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