I Just Ain't Been Able Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Williams Jr.
I Just Ain't Been Able
Written and Recorded by Hank Williams Jr.
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I just ain't been
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able to write no
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Guess I have been gone for too
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long
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hate to but I got to
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get back to gettin€
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stoned
Cause I just ain't been
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able to write no
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I just ain't been
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able to sing no
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blues
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But Lord knows I sure oughta know just how
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to
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Cause everybody's gone now
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Lord except me and
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you
But I just ain't been
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able to sing those
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blues
I just ain't been
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able to keep no
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wife
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But you know I tried hard a couple of
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times
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They always said is it
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gonna be your music or
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me
And I just ain't
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been able to
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agree
I just ain't never
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made no super
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star
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But I will keep on playing this white
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guitar
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I don't know how
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long or how
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far
But I just love to
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play these honky tonk
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bars
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hate to but I got to
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get back to getting
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stoned
Cause I just ain't been
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able to write no
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song
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Can't write no
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FAQ
Who sang the the song I Just Ain't Been Able?
- The song I Just Ain't Been Able was sang by Hank Williams Jr..
Who is Hank Williams Jr.?
- Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and country. He is the son of country music legend Hank Williams.
Williams began his career following in his famed father's footsteps, covering his father's songs and imitating his father's style. Williams' first television appearance was in a 1964 episode of ABC's The Jimmy Dean Show, in which at age fourteen he sang several songs associated with his father. Later that year, he was a guest star on Shindig!.Williams' style evolved slowly as he struggled to find his own voice and place within country music. This was interrupted by a near-fatal fall off the side of Ajax Peak in Montana on August 8, 1975. After an extended recovery, he challenged the country music establishment with a blend of country, rock, and blues. As a multi-instrumentalist, Williams' repertoire of skills includes guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, steel guitar, banjo, dobro, piano, keyboards, saxophone, harmonica, fiddle, and drums.From 1989 through October 2011, his song "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", refashioned as "All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night", had been used to open broadcasts of Monday Night Football until it was pulled after Williams made controversial and widely criticized comments comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. The song returned to open the show in 2017 although it was temporarily removed in 2020.On August 12, 2020, Williams was selected to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
