{"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":277371,"song":"Family Tradition","artist":"Hank Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/277371-family-tradition-chords-by-hank-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/277371?type=chord","rating":4.85107,"votes":69,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Country music singers, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Have always been a real close family,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   But Lately some of my kinfolk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Have disowned a few others and me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   I guess it's because, I kinda changed my direction,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Lord I guess I went and broke their family tradition,[/tab]\r\n\r\n   They get on me and wanna' know Hank,\r\n   \r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Why do ya drink?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Hank why do you roll smoke?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   And why must you live out the songs that you wrote?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Over and over every body met my prediction,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   If I get stoned I'm just carrying on an old family tradition[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   I am very proud, of my daddy's name,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                                                     [ch]E[/ch]                            \r\n   Although his kind of music and mine ain't exactly the same,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   If I get stoned and sing all night long it's a family tradition,[/tab]\r\n\r\n   So don't ask me Hank,\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Why do ya drink?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Hank why do you roll smoke?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   And why must you live out the songs that you wrote?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Over and over every body met my prediction,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   If I get stoned I'm just carrying on an old family tradition[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Lordy I have loved some ladies, and I have loved Jim Beam,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]                                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   And they both tried to kill me, in 1973,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   When that doctor asked me, son how'd ya get in this position?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]                                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   I said a hey sawbones I'm just a carrying on and ol' family tradition,[/tab]\r\n\r\n   So don't ask me Hank,\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   Why do ya drink?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Hank why do you roll smoke?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   And why must you live out the songs that you wrote?,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   Over and over every body met my prediction,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]                                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   If I get stoned I'm just carrying on an old family tradition[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n   They get on me and wanna' know Hank,\n   \n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n   So don't ask me Hank,\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n   So don't ask me Hank,\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}