The Great Hank tabs
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Intro -
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Verses -
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Then there was the time I saw the great Hank Williams singing on the stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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and he was all dressed up in drag
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as he drank from a brown paper bag
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And the songs he sang of love and pain so pure perfect reflections of human imperfections,
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it damn near choked me up
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But the rest of the show, was kind of slow And then someone woke me up
**Repeat Intro**
C
Later on the Astros were silently beating the living cr*p out of Cincinnati on the
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TV above and a little to the left of the great Hank Williams' head
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As a busty suicide blonde waitress poured him a double shot of 'whatever you got' and laughingly said
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"I thought you were dead"
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The pool balls cracked as he tilted his head back and told her how he had been a big star
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but now country music was full of freaks
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He sat there, in the TV glare Mascara streaked his cheeks
**Repeat Intro**
C
When I was only sixteen years old I went from Houston to Abilene with a spunky stunningly handsome woman
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in a Volkswagen Bug
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She was grown with some kids all her own, a committment-free divorcee,
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and I was a man in love
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We had only one 8-track tape but it was of the late great Hank Williams and
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we sang in two-part harmony
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"Hey good lookin', how's about cookin' Something up with me"
**Repeat Intro**
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Back at the bar they were calling last call so I gave the barmaid a credit card
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to pay up my tab
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The TV was turned off and the stage was dark and the great Hank Williams was gone
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so I asked her to call me a cab
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She said if you like I can give you a ride, so there we were out the door
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and into the city of brotherly love
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Into the night, out of sight, In a VW Bug
- Just listen to the song, and plug in the walk-ups/downs in as needed. The verses sound find just strumming chords, but you
gotta get the walk-ups/downs
in between to keep the atmosphere of the song.
This is my first attempt at a tab, let me know what you think. I've been looking for this song forever, finally figured it out
on my own as my skills slowly
build.