E5 A5 Country music singers always been a real close family B5 E5 But lately some of my kinfolks have disowned a few others and me A5 And I guess it's because, I kinda changed my direction B5 E5 Lord, I guess I went and broke their Family Tradition So they wanna know Hank E5 F5 G5 G5 Why do you drink? (Get Drunk) A5 Why do you roll smoke? (Get Stoned) B5 E5 Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? (Get Laid) A5 Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position B5 E5 If I get stoned, sing all night long, it's a Family Tradition. E5 A5 Lord I am very proud, of my daddy's name B5 E5 Although his kind of music, and mine ain't exactly the same A5 If I'm down in a honky-tonk, and some ol slicks tryin' to gimme some friction B5 E5 Say leave me alone singin' all night long it's a Family Tradition Chorus2: Still they all wanna know Hank E5 F5 G5 G5 Why do you drink? (Get Drunk) A5 Why do you roll smoke? (Get Stoned) B5 E5 Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? (Get Laid) A5 Stop and think it over, put yourself in my unique position B5 E5 If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a Family Tradition. E5 A5 I have loved some ladies, and I have love Jim Beam B5 E5 And they both tried to kill me, back in nineteen seventy-three A5 When that doctor asks me, "Son, how'd ya get in this condition?" B5 E5 I say "Hey Sawbone, I'm just carryin' on an old Family Tradition." Chorus:3 So they wanna know Hank E5 F5 G5 G5 Why do you drink? (Get Drunk) A5 Why do you roll smoke? (Get Stoned) B5 E5 Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? (Get Laid) A5 Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position B5 E5 If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a Family Tradition. B5 E5 If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a Family Tradition.
