Hank Williams Jr.

Leave Them Boys Alone

Hank Williams Jr.


Tom: B

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Now they say, Hank Jr. has strayed 
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away - of all them songs that  put 
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his  daddy  in  an early  grave 
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but his daddy  would  be  proud 
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if  he  could  see  bocephus  now 
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why  dont  you  leave  that  boy 
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alone  and  let  him  sing  his  song 
 
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Ole  Waylon  has  been  known  to 
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play  half  time -  And  he  been 
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known  to  get  out  of  his  mind 
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Dont  know  whether  hes  right  or 
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wrong - he's  got  a  string  of  hits   
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about  two  miles  long -  Why   
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dont  you  leave  that  boy 
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alone  and  let  him  sing  his  song 
 
 
Chorus : 
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Why  dont  you  leave  them  boys 
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alone  and  let'em  sing  there  songs 
 you  know  there  gonna  do 
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whatever  they  want 
         E 
If  you  dont  like  the  way  they  sing 
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who's  gonna  cast  the  first  stone 
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Why  dont  you  leave  them  boys 
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alone  and  let'em  sing  there  song 
 
 
Verse : 3 
 
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Hank  Williams  was the  king  of  
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country  soul -  my  daddy  took  me 
to  see  him  in  lubuck  but  he  did'nt 
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show -  Now  the  people  got  mad 
and  they  all  went  home   
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the  first  thing  we  did  was  put  his   
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 records  on -  I  guess  we  should 
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have  left  him  alone  and  let  him 
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sing  his  song   
 
  
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