E A
Country music singers always been a real close family
B7 E
But lately some of my kinfolks have disowned a few others and me
A
And I guess it's because, I kinda changed my direction
B7 E
Lord, I guess I went and broke their Family Tradition
So they wanna know Hank
E F G/F# G
Why do you drink? (Get Drunk)
A
Why do you roll smoke? (Get Stoned)
B7 E
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? (Get Laid)
A
Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position
B7 E
If I get stoned, sing all night long, it's a Family Tradition.
E A
Lord I am very proud, of my daddy's name
B7 E
Although his kind of music, and mine ain't exactly the same
A
If I'm down in a honky-tonk, and some ol slicks tryin' to gimme some
friction
B7 E
Say leave me alone singin' all night long it's a Family Tradition
Chorus2:
Still they all wanna know Hank
E F G/F# G
Why do you drink? (Get Drunk)
A
Why do you roll smoke? (Get Stoned)
B7 E
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? (Get Laid)
A
Stop and think it over, put yourself in my unique position
B7 E
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a Family Tradition.
E A
I have loved some ladies, and I have love Jim Beam
B7 E
And they both tried to kill me, back in nineteen seventy-three
A
When that doctor asks me, "Son, how'd ya get in this condition?"
B7 E
I say "Hey Sawbone, I'm just carryin' on an old Family Tradition."
Chorus:3
So they wanna know Hank
E F G/F# G
Why do you drink? (Get Drunk)
A
Why do you roll smoke? (Get Stoned)
B7 E
Why must you live out the songs that you wrote? (Get Laid)
A
Stop and think it over, put yourself in my position
B7 E
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a Family Tradition.
B7 E
If I get stoned and sing all night long, it's just a Family Tradition.