Family Tradition
Family Tradition

Family Tradition chords by Hank Williams, Jr.

1979•Country
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • D

  • G

  • A

    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    Country 
    music 
    singers 

    Have 
    always 
    been 
    a 
    real 
    close 
    family 

    But 
    lately 
    some 
    of 
    my 
    kinfolks 

    Have 
    disowned 
    a 
    few 
    others 
    and 
    me 

    I 
    guess 
    it's 
    because 

    I 
    kinda 
    changed 
    my 
    direction 

    Lord, 
    I 
    guess 
    I 
    went 

    and 
    broke 
    their 
    family 
    tra
    dition 

    Chorus 1
    They 
    get 
    on 
    me 
    and 
    want 
    to 
    know, 
    Hank 

    Why 
    do 
    you 
    drink? 

    Hank, 
    why 
    do 
    you 
    roll 
    smoke? 

    Why 
    must 
    you 
    live 
    out 

    the 
    songs 
    that 
    you 
    wrote? 

    Over 
    and 
    over 

    Every
    body 
    makes 
    my 
    prediction 

    So 
    if 
    I 
    get 
    stoned, 
    I'm 
    just 
    carrying 
    on 

    An 
    old 
    family 
    tra
    dition 

    Verse 2
    I 
    am 
    very 
    proud 

    Of 
    my 
    daddy's 
    name 

    Although 
    his 
    kind 
    of 
    music 

    And 
    mine 
    ain't 
    exactly 
    the 
    same 

    Stop 
    and 
    think 
    it 
    o
    ver 

    Put 
    your
    self 
    in 
    my 
    po
    sition 

    If 
    I 
    get 
    stoned 
    and 
    sing 
    all 
    night 
    long 

    It's 
    a 
    family 
    tra
    dition 

    Chorus 2
    So 
    don't 
    ask 
    me, 
    Hank 

    Why 
    do 
    you 
    drink? 

    Hank, 
    why 
    do 
    you 
    roll 
    smoke? 

    Why 
    must 
    you 
    live 
    out 

    the 
    songs 
    that 
    you 
    wrote? 

    If 
    I'm 
    down 
    in 
    a 
    honky-tonk 

    And 
    some 
    ole 
    slick's 
    trying 
    to 
    give 
    me 
    friction 

    I'll 
    say 
    leave 
    me 
    alone 
    I'm 
    singing 
    all 
    night 
    long 

    It's 
    a 
    family 
    tra
    dition 

    Interlude 1





    Verse 3
    Lordy, 
    I 
    have 
    loved 
    some 
    ladies 

    And 
    I 
    have 
    loved 
    Jim 
    Beam 

    And 
    they 
    both 
    tried 
    to 
    kill 
    me 
    in 
    197
    3 

    When 
    that 
    doctor 
    asked 
    me 

    "Son, 
    how 
    did 
    you 
    get 
    in 
    this 
    con
    dition?" 

    I 
    said 
    "Hey, 
    Sawbones 
    I'm 
    just 
    carrying 
    on 

    an 
    old 
    family 
    tra
    dition" 

    Chorus 3
    So 
    don't 
    ask 
    me, 
    Hank 

    Why 
    do 
    you 
    drink? 

    Hank, 
    why 
    do 
    you 
    roll 
    smoke? 

    Why 
    must 
    you 
    live 
    out 

    the 
    songs 
    that 
    you 
    wrote? 

    Stop 
    and 
    think 
    it 
    o
    ver 

    Try 
    to 
    put 
    your
    self 
    in 
    my 
    unique 
    position 

    If 
    I 
    get 
    stoned 
    and 
    sing 
    all 
    night 
    long 

    It's 
    a 
    family 
    tra
    dition 


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