{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2109093,"song":"The Great Hank","artist":"Robert Earl Keen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2109093-the-great-hank-chords-by-robert-earl-keen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2109093?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][Intro]\r\n          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  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\r\ne|---------0---0---0-------------0---0---0-----------2---2---0---0---0---0----------|\r\nB|---------1---1---1-------------0---0---0-----------3---3---2---2---0---0----------|\r\nG|---------0---0---0-------------1---1---1-----------2---2---2---2---1---1----------|\r\nD|---------2-2-2---2-2-----------2---2---2---------0-0---0---2-2-2---2---2----------|\r\nA|-0-1-2-3-3---3-3-3---3-2-1-0---2-2-2---2-2-2-3-4-----0---0-0---0---2-2-2---0-1-2-3|\r\nE|-----------------------------0-0---0-0-0-------------------------0-0---0-0--------|    [/tab]\r\n                \r\n[Verses]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           \r\nThen there was the time I saw the great Hank Williams singing on the stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nand he was all dressed up in drag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom his rose red lips to his rhinestone hips he belted out song after song [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nas he drank from a brown paper bag[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the songs he sang of love and pain so pure perfect reflections of human imperfections,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nit damn near choked me up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut the rest of the show, was kind of slow And then someone woke me up[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\n          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  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\r\ne|---------0---0---0-------------0---0---0-----------2---2---0---0---0---0----------|\r\nB|---------1---1---1-------------0---0---0-----------3---3---2---2---0---0----------|\r\nG|---------0---0---0-------------1---1---1-----------2---2---2---2---1---1----------|\r\nD|---------2-2-2---2-2-----------2---2---2---------0-0---0---2-2-2---2---2----------|\r\nA|-0-1-2-3-3---3-3-3---3-2-1-0---2-2-2---2-2-2-3-4-----0---0-0---0---2-2-2---0-1-2-3|\r\nE|-----------------------------0-0---0-0-0-------------------------0-0---0-0--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nLater on the Astros were silently beating the living crap out of Cincinnati on the [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTV above and a little to the left of the great Hank Williams' head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs a busty suicide blonde waitress poured him a double shot of 'whatever you got' and laughingly said [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"I thought you were dead\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe pool balls cracked as he tilted his head back and told her how he had been a big star [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nbut now country music was full of freaks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe sat there, in the TV glare Mascara streaked his cheeks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\n          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  \r\ne|---------0---0---0-----------0---0---0-----------0---0---1-----------0---0---0--|\r\nB|---------1---1---1-----------0---0---0-----------1---1---0-----------0---0---0--|\r\nG|---------0---0---0-----------1---1---1-----------0---0---1-----------1---1---1--|\r\nD|---------2-2-2---2-2---------2---2---2-----------2-2-2---2-----------2---2---2--|\r\nA|---------3---3-3-3---3-2-1---2-2-2---2-2-0-1-2-3-3---3-3-3-2-3-2-1---2-2-2---2--|\r\nE|-0-1-2-3-------------------0-0---0-0-0-----------------------------0-0---0-0-0-2| [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  \r\ne|---------0---0---0-------------0---0---0-----------2---2---0---0---0---0----------|\r\nB|---------1---1---1-------------0---0---0-----------3---3---2---2---0---0----------|\r\nG|---------0---0---0-------------1---1---1-----------2---2---2---2---1---1----------|\r\nD|---------2-2-2---2-2-----------2---2---2---------0-0---0---2-2-2---2---2----------|\r\nA|-0-1-2-3-3---3-3-3---3-2-1-0---2-2-2---2-2-2-3-4-----0---0-0---0---2-2-2---0-1-2-3|\r\nE|-----------------------------0-0---0-0-0-------------------------0-0---0-0--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I was only sixteen years old I went from Houston to Abilene with a spunky stunningly handsome woman [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nin a Volkswagen Bug[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe was grown with some kids all her own, a committment-free divorcee, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nand I was a man in love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe had only one 8-track tape but it was of the late great Hank Williams and [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nwe sang in two-part harmony[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"Hey good lookin', how's about cookin' Something up with me\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][Instrumental]\r\n          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  \r\ne|---------0---0---0-----------0---0---0-----------0---0---1-----------0---0---0--|\r\nB|---------1---1---1-----------0---0---0-----------1---1---0-----------0---0---0--|\r\nG|---------0---0---0-----------1---1---1-----------0---0---1-----------1---1---1--|\r\nD|---------2-2-2---2-2---------2---2---2-----------2-2-2---2-----------2---2---2--|\r\nA|---------3---3-3-3---3-2-1---2-2-2---2-2-0-1-2-3-3---3-3-3-2-3-2-1---2-2-2---2--|\r\nE|-0-1-2-3-------------------0-0---0-0-0-----------------------------0-0---0-0-0-2| [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]  \r\ne|---------0---0---0-------------0---0---0-----------2---2---0---0---0---0----------|\r\nB|---------1---1---1-------------0---0---0-----------3---3---2---2---0---0----------|\r\nG|---------0---0---0-------------1---1---1-----------2---2---2---2---1---1----------|\r\nD|---------2-2-2---2-2-----------2---2---2---------0-0---0---2-2-2---2---2----------|\r\nA|-0-1-2-3-3---3-3-3---3-2-1-0---2-2-2---2-2-2-3-4-----0---0-0---0---2-2-2---0-1-2-3|\r\nE|-----------------------------0-0---0-0-0-------------------------0-0---0-0--------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBack at the bar they were calling last call so I gave the barmaid a credit card [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nto pay up my tab[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe TV was turned off and the stage was dark and the great Hank Williams was gone [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nso I asked her to call me a cab[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe said if you like I can give you a ride, so there we were out the door [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nand into the city of brotherly love[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nInto the night, out of sight, In a VW Bug[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verses]","chords":["C","E","B","G","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}