Hank Williams – First Year Blues (Guitar)

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Now I've been married about six months,

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Only six months you see,

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The first three months, was all ok,

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But the last three is killin' me,

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My wife began her hissin', cut down on her kissin',

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And then she failed to shine my shoes,

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My shirts they came up wrinkled,

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And then I took the first year blues.

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Well then she started naggin',

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With dishes piled up high,

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No food upon the table, she said if she was able,

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She'd cook something bye and bye,

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Then I began to wonder, if I had made a blunder,

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When I said I do, she must have read my thinkin',

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Her eyes began to blinkin' and that gal broke into.

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Well I heard the dishes crashin',

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and I began to dashin', Gettin' out of sight,

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for right there was my honey,

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On who I'd spent my money, turnin' into dynamite,

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Then after she'd exploded, her meanness all unloaded,

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And things began to simmer down,

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I found myself a'bleedin', and very much a'needin',

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Of stitches taken all around.

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Well then she started cryin', I felt myself a'sighin',

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And then I took her in my arms,

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I was afraid to scold her, so I just gently told her,

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She didn't do a bit of harm,

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Now the first six months is over, and I am much the older,

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And experienced with a wife,

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If I can stand the next six, my friends all say I'll be fixed,

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To take it the rest of my life.