Hank Williams – Ive Been Down That Road Before (Guitar)

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Now friends if you'll just listen to me, you'll get some good hard earned advice

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I don't aim to meddle in your business, I'm just trying to save ya an awful price

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You see these teeth that I ain't got and these knots on my bald head

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I'll guaranty you boys I didn't get um', there a-lyin' home in the bed

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Now take the smart-Aleck in any town, of him folks want no part

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 He acts like his head was only made, to hold his ears apart

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 Now he might not like what I'm bout to say and my words might make him sore

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 But I'm just trying to be helpful, 'Cause I been down that road before

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 To bully folks 'n play mean tricks, was once my pride 'n joy

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Till one day I was toted home and mama didn't know her little boy

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 My head was swelled up so doggone big, I couldn't get it through my front door

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 Now I ain't just talkin' ta hear myself, I been down that road before

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 A little fella about my size, got tired of bein' pushed about

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 So he went to work and when he got through, he'd knocked everyone 'o my teeth out

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 One time too many I rubbed him wrong and he evened up the score

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 Now that's what happens when you get too big for your britches, I been down that road before

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Now when you getta thinkin' your really smart, there's somebody smarter than you

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And no matter how much you boast and brag, you can still learn a thing 'o two

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Go get ya some treatments just like I've had and you won't hanker for more

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 I've really learned the meanin' of livin' and luvin', 'cause I been down that road before

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Now the man that walks this rocky road, usually gets just what he deserves

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 But he's just a helpless servant, to a master that he serves

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 Now I've learned to slow my temper down and not to pick no scraps no more

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 Boys its a lot easier on the head 'n the eyes, 'cause I been down that - road before