The Great Hank Robert Earl Keen
Intro -
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Verses -
[C]Then there was the time I saw the great Hank Williams singing on the stage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[E]and he was all dressed up in drag
[C]
[E]as he drank from a brown paper bag
[C]And the songs he sang of love and pain so pure perfect reflections of human imperfections,
[E]it damn near choked me up
[D]But the rest of the show,[A] was kind of slow[E] 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
[E]TV above and a little to the left of the great Hank Williams' head
[C]As a busty suicide blonde waitress poured him a double shot of 'whatever you got' and laughingly said
[E]"I thought you were dead"
[C]The pool balls cracked as he tilted his head back and told her how he had been a big star
[E]but now country music was full of freaks
[D]He sat there,[A] in the TV glare[E] 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
[E]in a Volkswagen Bug
[C]She was grown with some kids all her own, a committment-free divorcee,
[E]and I was a man in love
[C]We had only one 8-track tape but it was of the late great Hank Williams and
[E]we sang in two-part harmony
[D]"Hey good lookin',[A] how's about cookin'[E] Something up with me"
**Repeat Intro**
[C]Back at the bar they were calling last call so I gave the barmaid a credit card
[E]to pay up my tab
[C]The TV was turned off and the stage was dark and the great Hank Williams was gone
[E]so I asked her to call me a cab
[C]She said if you like I can give you a ride, so there we were out the door
[E]and into the city of brotherly love
[D]Into the night,[A] out of sight[E], 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.
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