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The Death Of Hank Williams by Jack Cardwell







  The Death Of Hank Williams








Tuning: E A D G B E

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Way up in West Virginia
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Between midnight and dawn
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A big, blue car was roll-in'
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Its' wheels they hummed a song.
 
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The headlights shown out thru the night
  G                  D
To light the road so steep
     G                  C
While in the back, Hank Williams lay
      G        D         D
In a deep and dreamless sleep.
 
                    C
He was headin' for Ohio
   G                D
To play a show next day
       G                    C
'Cause thousands there were waiting
   G        D        G
To hear him sing and play.
 
                        C
The chauffeur reached into the back
    G                  D
And shook the sleepin' man
    G                  C
He said "Wake up, wake up, my friend."
    G        D      G
And took him by the hand.
 
                     C
He tried to wake him up again
     G               D
Then rushed him into town
        G                  C
But the doctor said, "Too late, too late,
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He's gone to a better land."
 
                         C
We've lost our greatest folk star
     G              D
This world has ever known
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But tho' he's gone on to his rest
    G          D      G
His songs live on and on.
 
                         C
He wrote songs about the bible
    G               D
And songs about the hills
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He wrote songs about the lonesome blues
     G        D        G
They gave the world a thrill.
 
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He left us songs of sadness
    G                 D
And songs for lovers, too
     G                   C
We'll never forget him, tho' he's gone
      G        D         G
Hank Williams, here's to you.









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