Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way

by Waylon Jennings · posted by Turkey_Man

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

  6     6   6    6   -7   6   4   4   4  -3’’ 3
Lord, it’s the same old tune fid-dle and gui-tar
  6    6  6  -7   6   6    6
Where do we take it from here
   6    6     6    -5  -4  -4  4 -43
Rhine-stone suits and new shin-y cars
  3    3   3   -4  -4   -4   4
It’s been the same way for years
 3   3   3    3
We need to change

  6   6  6  -7   6  -4 -4  -4   4  -4     3
Some-bod-y told me when I came to Nash-ville
 6   6   -7   6  6   6   6 
Son you fin-‘ly got it made
 6    6    6   5   6    4     4    4   -4   3
Ol’ Hank made it here, we’re all sure you will
 3   3   3     3    3    -4  -4  -4   4
But, I don’t think Hank done it this way
 -4 -4  -4    -4    -4   -4  -4   3 -4  3
Naw, I don’t think Hank done it this a-way

 6    6   6   6   6    6  -5   -4  -4     -3’’
Ten years on the road mak-in’ one night stands
   6   6   6   -7   6   6  6
Speed-in’ my young life a-way
 6    6  6    5    6    4    4    4   4  -4    3
Tell me one more time just so’s I’ll un-der-stand
 3   3    3    3   -4  -4  -4    4
Are you sure Hank done it this way
 -4  -4  -4   -4  -4 -4 -4   3  -3’3
Did ol’ Hank real-ly do it this way

Lord, I’ve seen the world with a five piece band
Look-in’ at the back-side of me
Sing-in’ my songs, one of his now and then
But, I don’t think Hank done ‘em this way
No, I don’t think Hank done ‘em this way

Bb

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