A Fooler A Faker Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
A Fooler A Faker
Recorded by Hank Thompson
Written by Hank Thompson and Billy Gray
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You're a fooler a faker a
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little
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breaker
The slightest gal that I've ever
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known
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Abuser a chooser but
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now you're the
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loser
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the heart that you've
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broken was your
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own
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knew someday you'd meet someone who'd
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put you in your place
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started way out in the lead but
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finally lost the race
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Your dream is a drama
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you used to be hot
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mama
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see your plans have
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backfired in your
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face
You're a fooler a faker a
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breaker
I realize the things are getting
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rough
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You're a tricker a tracker and a
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wrecker
You've
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been dealing from the
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bottom long
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enough
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seem to take a great delight and
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making teardrops fall
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til the picture you hung high came a
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tumbling from the wall
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You scanner you're schemer you
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little lovesick
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dreamer
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knew someday you'd
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get your motor
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stalled
Don't be a
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fooler a
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faker you
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little
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FAQ
Who sang the the song A Fooler A Faker?
- The song A Fooler A Faker 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.
