Mrs Hank Williams chords by Fred Eaglesmith

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
G+G
Forty miles out of Nashville
 C majorC
I had to stop the car
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We've been driving all night long
    D MajorD
And I didn't know where we were
 G+G
Whatever I took to stay awake
  C majorC
It just gave me the chills
      G+G       D MajorD     G+G
And she was going on about Mrs. Hank Williams

Verse 2:
    G+G
Well we got to Cincinnati
     C majorC
I had to put her on a plane
     G+G
She was fightin' with the band
      D MajorD
And it was her or it was them
     G+G
And they called in the cops
        C majorC
Cause we were fightin' and yellin'
        G+G
And they were looking at her
         D MajorD     G+G
Like she might be Mrs. Hank Williams


Chorus:
C majorC          G+G
Mrs. Hank Williams crying all night long
C majorC          G+G       D MajorD
Mrs. Hank Williams waiting up to dawn
G+G
When they talk about her
    C majorC
She's one in a million
   G+G
And when they introduce her she's
D MajorD     G+G
Mrs. Hank Williams

G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse 3:
   G+G
She doesn't watch the show
     C majorC
She just stays in the car
  G+G
And watches the young girls
  D MajorD
Outside the stage door
   G+G
And they're there to tell you how much
      C majorC
They'd be ready & willin'
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To take the place anyway
  D MajorD     G+G
Of Mrs. Hank Williams


Chorus:
C majorC          G+G
Mrs. Hank Williams crying all night long
C majorC          G+G       D MajorD
Mrs. Hank Williams waiting up to dawn
G+G
When they talk about her
    C majorC
She's one in a million
   G+G
And when they introduce her she's
D MajorD     G+G
Mrs. Hank Williams