Chords for Jesse Winchester "Hank and Lefty"
Tempo:
133.75 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Cm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Thank you.
[Cm]
Daddy had [C] a 1949 phone when I was just [F] about 10 [C] years old.
And [G] we would listen to Hank and Lefty on the [C] radio,
singing, why don't you love me like you used to do?
And just [F] look what thoughts [C] we knew.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [C] country soul.
I learned how to [G] sing and shuffle my shoes,
[C] listening to Hank [F] play the love [C]-sick blues.
I never met old Hank, but we were [G] awful close.
I [C] cut my teeth on Always Late, and I loved you [F] a [C] thousand ways.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [Am] country soul.
[F] [C]
[G]
[F] [C]
Daddy said the hair on his neck would crawl.
Well, old Hank [F] sang about the [C] life he saw.
Man, [G] Hank sure put a whole lot of heart in the [C] songs he wrote.
And every time Daddy got a little bit tight,
Mama Daz [F] Waltz would make [C] him cry.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my country [F] soul.
[C] I learned how [G] to sing and shuffle my shoes,
listening to [F] Hank play the love-sick [C] blues.
I never met old Hank, but we were awful [Gm] close.
[G] I cut [C] my teeth on Always Late, and I loved you [Fm] a [C] thousand ways.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [C] country soul.
[F]
[C] Hank and Lefty [G] raised my country soul.
[C]
[G]
Thank you very much.
[N]
[Cm]
Daddy had [C] a 1949 phone when I was just [F] about 10 [C] years old.
And [G] we would listen to Hank and Lefty on the [C] radio,
singing, why don't you love me like you used to do?
And just [F] look what thoughts [C] we knew.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [C] country soul.
I learned how to [G] sing and shuffle my shoes,
[C] listening to Hank [F] play the love [C]-sick blues.
I never met old Hank, but we were [G] awful close.
I [C] cut my teeth on Always Late, and I loved you [F] a [C] thousand ways.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [Am] country soul.
[F] [C]
[G]
[F] [C]
Daddy said the hair on his neck would crawl.
Well, old Hank [F] sang about the [C] life he saw.
Man, [G] Hank sure put a whole lot of heart in the [C] songs he wrote.
And every time Daddy got a little bit tight,
Mama Daz [F] Waltz would make [C] him cry.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my country [F] soul.
[C] I learned how [G] to sing and shuffle my shoes,
listening to [F] Hank play the love-sick [C] blues.
I never met old Hank, but we were awful [Gm] close.
[G] I cut [C] my teeth on Always Late, and I loved you [Fm] a [C] thousand ways.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [C] country soul.
[F]
[C] Hank and Lefty [G] raised my country soul.
[C]
[G]
Thank you very much.
[N]
Key:
C
G
F
Cm
Am
C
G
F
_ _ _ Thank you.
_ [Cm] _
Daddy had [C] a 1949 phone when I was just [F] about 10 [C] years old.
And [G] we would listen to Hank and Lefty on the [C] radio, _
_ _ singing, why don't you love me like you used to do?
And just [F] look what thoughts [C] we knew.
_ Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [C] country soul.
_ _ I learned how to [G] sing and shuffle my shoes,
[C] listening to Hank [F] play the love [C]-sick blues.
I never met old Hank, but we were [G] awful close.
_ _ I [C] cut my teeth on Always Late, and I loved you [F] a [C] thousand ways.
_ Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [Am] country soul.
[F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
Daddy said the hair on his neck would crawl.
Well, old Hank [F] sang about the [C] life he saw.
Man, [G] Hank sure put a whole lot of heart in the [C] songs he _ wrote.
_ And every time Daddy got a little bit tight,
Mama Daz [F] Waltz would make [C] him cry.
_ Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my country [F] soul.
_ [C] _ I learned how [G] to sing and shuffle my shoes,
listening to [F] Hank play the love-sick [C] blues.
I never met old Hank, but we were awful [Gm] close.
[G] _ _ I cut [C] my teeth on Always Late, and I loved you [Fm] a [C] thousand ways.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [C] country soul.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] Hank and Lefty [G] raised my country soul.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Thank you very much.
_ [N] _ _
_ [Cm] _
Daddy had [C] a 1949 phone when I was just [F] about 10 [C] years old.
And [G] we would listen to Hank and Lefty on the [C] radio, _
_ _ singing, why don't you love me like you used to do?
And just [F] look what thoughts [C] we knew.
_ Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [C] country soul.
_ _ I learned how to [G] sing and shuffle my shoes,
[C] listening to Hank [F] play the love [C]-sick blues.
I never met old Hank, but we were [G] awful close.
_ _ I [C] cut my teeth on Always Late, and I loved you [F] a [C] thousand ways.
_ Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [Am] country soul.
[F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _
Daddy said the hair on his neck would crawl.
Well, old Hank [F] sang about the [C] life he saw.
Man, [G] Hank sure put a whole lot of heart in the [C] songs he _ wrote.
_ And every time Daddy got a little bit tight,
Mama Daz [F] Waltz would make [C] him cry.
_ Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my country [F] soul.
_ [C] _ I learned how [G] to sing and shuffle my shoes,
listening to [F] Hank play the love-sick [C] blues.
I never met old Hank, but we were awful [Gm] close.
[G] _ _ I cut [C] my teeth on Always Late, and I loved you [Fm] a [C] thousand ways.
Well, Hank and [G] Lefty raised my [C] country soul.
_ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] Hank and Lefty [G] raised my country soul.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ Thank you very much.
_ [N] _ _