Family Tradition chords by Hank Williams, Jr.

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[C#m] [E] Country music singers have [Em] always [A] been a real close family, [B] but lately some of my kinfolks.
have disowned a [F#m] few others [E] than me.
I guess it's because I [A] kind of changed my direction.
[B] Lord, I guess I went and broke their family [E] .
tradition.
Get on me and want to know, Hank, why do you drink?.
Hank, [A].
why do you roll smoke?.
[B].
Why must you live out the songs that you [E] wrote?
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Over and over, [A] everybody made my prediction.
So [B] if I get done, I'm just carrying on an old family [E] tradition.
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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 gone and sing all night long, it's a family [A].
[E] tradition.
[Em] [E] Don't ask me, Hank, why do you drink?.
[A] Hank, why do you roll smoke?.
[B].
Why must you live out the songs that [E] you wrote?
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If I'm down in a honky tonk and [A] some old slick's trying to get me for breakfast,.
I [B] say leave me alone.
I'm singing all night long.
It's a family [Em] [E] tradition.
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Lordy, I have loved some ladies.
[A].
I have loved Jim Bain.
[B] And they both tried to kill me in 1973.
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Well, now, ask me, [A] son, how'd you get in this condition?.
I [B] said, hey, soft bones, I'm just carrying on an old family [E] tradition.
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Don't ask me, Hank, why do you drink?.
[A] Hank, why do you roll smoke?.
[B] Why must you live out the songs that [E] you wrote?.
Stop and think it over.
Try to [A] put yourself in my unique position.
[B] If I get gone and sing all night long, it's a family [E].
tradition.
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