The Life Story Of Hank Williams Song Lyrics and Chords
The Life Story Of Hank Williams Song Lyrics and Chords by Hawkshaw Hawkins
The Life Story Of Hank Williams
Recorded by Hawkshaw Hawkins
Written by Louis Innis and Hawkshaw Hawkins
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The life of Hank Williams on
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earth it was
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brief
Was loaded with laughter sorry and
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grief
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voted his life to
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bring people
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joy
Only a few knew Hank
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was a sick
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boy
On September 17th 19
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23 Hank Williams was
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born
On a farm near Georgiana Alabama
Hank was the younger of two
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children
Since his farther was sick from
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World War One
Hank at the age of
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9 took it upon himself
To
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make a living for his family
So Hank started selling peanuts
And
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shinning shoes on the
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street
For 4 years Hank made a
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living this way
When he was 13 his
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family moved to
Montgomery Alabama
Hank continued to sell peanuts and shine shoes
He also got a
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job on a nearby radio station
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Life was quite a struggle for Hank in his
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early
years
While other
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kids were devoting their time
To school and play Hank was busy making a
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living
For his mother
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father and sister
For about the next ten years
Not much happened to Hank
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He was just another
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country
entertainer
Around 1945 he made his first record
Which was
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Honky
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From the day on the
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star begin to shine
And every record
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from then on
Made the
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stars shine a little brighter
The last five years that Hank
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recorded a song
It
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automatically became a hit
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I know you all remember the song Lovesick
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Blues
And Jambalaya and many many others
As strange as it may seem one of his latest
Records was
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I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive
On the
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first day of January 195
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3 Hank Williams
Passed
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away in the back seat of his automobile
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I was to appear on the
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same show that day
But the news came first that Hank passed away
When they
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made the announcement it
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silenced the crowd
In reverence we stood with our heads bowed
Our hearts were
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sad but the show we did play
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Cause everyone knew that Hank would
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wanted it that
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way
Repeat #1
FAQ
Who sang the the song The Life Story Of Hank Williams?
- The song The Life Story Of Hank Williams was sang by Hawkshaw Hawkins.
Who is Hawkshaw Hawkins?
- Harold Franklin Hawkins (December 22, 1921 - March 5, 1963), better known as Hawkshaw Hawkins, was an American country music singer popular from the 1950s into the early 1960s. He was known for his rich, smooth vocals and music drawn from blues, boogie and honky tonk. At 6 ft 5 inches tall, Hawkins had an imposing stage presence, and he dressed more conservatively than some other male country singers. Hawkins died in the 1963 plane crash that also killed country stars Patsy Cline and Cowboy Copas. He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry and was married to country star Jean Shepard.
