Family Tradition
Written and recorded by Hank Williams Jr.
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Country music singers have always been a real close family
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But lately some of my kinfolk have disowned a few others and me
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I guess it's because I kinda' changed my direction
D7 G
Lord I guess I went and broke their family tradition
They get on me and wanna' know Hank
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Why do ya drink Hank why do you roll smoke
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And why must you live out the songs that you wrote
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Over and over everybody met my prediction
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So if I get stoned I'm just carrying on an old family tradition
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I am very proud of my daddy's name
D7 G
Although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same
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Stop and think it over put yourself in my position
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If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition
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Don't ask me Hank why do you drink Hank why do you roll smoke
D7 G
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote
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If I'm down in a honky tonk some ol' slick tries to give me friction
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I'll say leave me alone I'm singin' all night long
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It's a family tradition
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Lordy I have loved some ladies and I have loved Jim Beam
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And they both tried to kill me in 1973
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When that doctor asked me son how'd ya get in this condition
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I said a hey sawbones I'm just a carrying on and ol' family tradition
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Don't ask me Hank why do ya drink Hank why do you roll smoke
D7 G
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote
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Stop and think it over try to put yourself in my unique position
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If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition