I've Got A Date With A Teardrop Song Lyrics and Chords
I've Got A Date With A Teardrop Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
I've Got A Date With A Teardrop
Written and Recorded by Hank Thompson
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I've gotta
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date with a
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teardrop my
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baby just told me good
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bye
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knew the day she said it's
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over
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that would be the day I
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cry
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I've gotta
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date with a
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teardrop I
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know we'll want to be
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alone
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guess we'll talk the whole thing
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over my
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misery I can't post
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pone
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I guess I'll have to
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learn to
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take it
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we'll go steady for
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awhile
Until I find a
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way to
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shake it and
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toss it over for a
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smile
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I've got a
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date with a
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teardrop I
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can't keep it waiting
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long
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together my
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teardrop will tag
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along
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I guess I'll have to
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learn to
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take it
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we'll go steady for
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awhile
Until I find a
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way to
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shake it and
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toss it over for a
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smile
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I've got a
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date with a
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teardrop I
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can't keep it waiting
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long
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together my
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teardrop will tag
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along
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(I've got a
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date with a
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teardrop)
FAQ
Who sang the the song I've Got A Date With A Teardrop?
- The song I've Got A Date With A Teardrop was sang by Hank Thompson.
Who is Hank Thompson?
- Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.
The 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V featured his song "It Don't Hurt Anymore" in the fictional radio show, Rebel Radio.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.