guitar tabs, guitar chords and lyrics

5 popular songs

Honky Tonk Women
Rolling Stones

Hit The Road, Jack
Traditional

Let It Be
Beatles

Take Me Home Country Roads
John Denver

Perfect Day
Lou Reed

Artists Songs Public booksPublic My songbookSongbook ResourcesDiv Forum

Browse artists:

      
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
#  
      

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

The song below is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.guitartabs.cc. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formating. Chordie does not index songs against artists/composers will, but it is impossible for an automated search engine to manually validate every song. If you want to remove this song from Chordie please click here.

Learn songs via video @ JamPlay

	D	G
C	ountry music singers have always been a re	al close family

	A7	D
But l	ately som	e of my kinfolk have disowned a few others and me

	G
I	guess it's because I went and changed my position

	A7	D
L	ord	, I guess I went and broke their family tradition

C H O R U S

(They yell, they wanna know: "Hank..")

	D	G
W	hy do y	ou drink? Why do you roll smoke?

	A7	D
W	hy mu	st you live out the songs that you wrote?

	G
S	top and think it over - try to put yourself in this position

	A7	D
When	I get	stoned, I'm just carryin' on and old family tradition.

 -----------------------------------------------

Now 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 over - try to put yourself in my position

When I get stoned and sing all night long it's just a family tradition

 ----------------------------------------------

CHORUS 2

(Don't ask me: "Hank...")

Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?

Why must you live out them songs that you wrote?

If I'm down in a honky tonk, and some ole slick's tryin' to gimme some

friction

I says "Leave me alone, I'm stayin' all night long 'cause it's a family

tradition"

 ----------------------------------------------

Lead SOLO

 ----------------------------------------------

Lordy, I have loved some ladies, and I still love Jim Beam

They both tried to kill me in nineteen seventy-three

When that doctor asks me "Son, how'dja get in this condition?"

I says "Hey Sawbones, I'm just a-carryin' on the old family tradition."

 ----------------------------------------------

CHORUS 3

(So don't ask me: "Hank...")

Why do you drink? Why do you roll smoke?

Why must you live out them songs that you wrote?

Stop and think it over - try to put yourself in my unique position

When I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a family tradition

variations - click chord images

Cool service:

View:	Size:
	A A A


auto-scroll	print	chopro

stop

Hotkey: alt-#

Rating:

Layout:

Currently 0/5 Stars.
1
2
3
4
5

Accuracy:

Currently 0/5 Stars.
1
2
3
4
5

click stars to rate

Chordie recommends:
Learn how to play guitar at JamPlay.com

Songbook:
Login to add this song to your songbook

Original version: Family Tradition Chords by Hank Williams

Support the artist
Preview/buy this song
MSN Music
Why this non-profit ad?

guitar tabs, guitar chords and lyrics

Family Tradition

Hank Williams

login to add comments/video/corrections