Luckiest Heartache In Town Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
Luckiest Heartache In Town
Recorded by Hank Thompson
Written by Hank Thompson and Billy Gray
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I've got the
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luckiest
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heartache in
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town
Be
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cause my heart was broken by
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you
I'm so glad I was a
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part of the
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love that's in your
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heart
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kind of love that's
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known by very
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few
I'll
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tell them when they
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ask me if I'm
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hurt
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these are tears of joy fallin'
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down
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flow I'm
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happy as I
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go
With a
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luckiest heartache in
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town
I've got a
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luckiest
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heartache in
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So
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many have been envious of
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me
It lasted for a
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while like
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candy with a
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child
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taste of sweetness
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were the mise
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ry
I can
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say I make a big
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time now at
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last
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turned out I was featured as a
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clown
Still I'll walk away in
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pride cause I'm
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low down deep
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inside
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luckiest heartache in
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town
FAQ
Who sang the the song Luckiest Heartache In Town?
- The song Luckiest Heartache In Town 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.