'Family Tradition' by Hank Williams - Guitar Tutorial

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Country music singers have always been a real close family
But lately some of my kinfolk have disowned a few others and me   
A
I guess it's because I kinda changed my direction  
B7  E
Lord, I guess I went and broke their family tradition  
  
Chorus:
They get on me, wanna know: "Hank.."  
E  A
Why do you drink? Hank Why do you roll smoke?  
B7  E
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?  
A
Оvеr and over - everybody made my prediction  
B7  E
so if I get stoned, I'm just carryin' on and old family tradition.  
E  A
I am very proud of my daddy's name  
B7  E
Although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same  
A
Stop and think it over - put yourself in my position  
B7  E
If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition  

СНОRUS 2:
Don't ask me: "Hank..."  
E  A
Why do you drink? Hank Why do you roll smoke?  
B7  E
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?  
A
If I'm down in a honky tonk, some ol slick's tryin' 
to gimme friction  
B7  E
I says "Leave me alone, I'm singin' all night long  
it's a family tradition"  

E  A
Lordy, I have loved some ladies, and I have loved Jim Bean  
B7  E
They both tried to kill me in nineteen seventy three  
A  B7  E
When that doctor asked me "Son, how'dja get in this condition?" 
I says "Hey Sawbones, I'm just a-carryin' on 
the old family tradition."  

СНОRUS 3:
So don't ask me: "Hank..."  
E  A
Why do you drink? Hank Why do you roll smoke?  
B7  E
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote?  
A
Stop and think it over - try to put yourself in my unique position 
B7  E
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's a family tradition.