The Night Hank Williams Came to Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C#][D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Harry Truman was our president
[G]A c[A]oke and burger cost you thirty cents[D]
I was still in love with Mavis [G]Brown
[D]On the night Hank [A]Williams
came to town
[D]

[Verse 2]
[D]I Love Lucy debuted on [G]TV
That was [A]one big event
we didn't [D]see
'Cause no one stayed
at home for miles [G]around
It [D]was the night Hank [A]Williams
came to town
[D]

[Verse 3]
[G]Mama ironed my shirt and daddy
[D]let me take the truck
[E]I drove on out to Grapevine
and [A]picked old Mavis up
We [D]hit that county line for one quick [G]round
[D]On the night Hank [A]Williams
came to town
[D]

[Verse 4]
A thousand people sweltered in [G]the gym
Then [A]I heard someone whisper
hey, that's [D]him
That's when the crowd
let out this deafening [G]sound
It [D]was the night Hank
[A]Williams came to town

[Interlude 1]
[D][F]

[Verse 5]
[F]On and on he sang into [Bb]the night[C]
'Jambalaya', 'Cheatin' heart', I saw
[F]the light[C][F]
How'd they get Miss Audrey in that [Bb]gown
[F]On the night Hank [C]Williams

[Interlude 2]
came to town
[F][Bb][F][C]
[F]

[Verse 6]
[Bb]Mavis had her picture made
[F]with Hank outside his car
She said [G]he sure is humble
[C]for a Grand Old Opry Star
[F]Mavis said why don't we hang [Bb]around
It ain't [F]of ten that Hank
[C]Williams comes to town
[F]

[Verse 7]
While [Bb]Hank signed his autograph
[F]on Beaulah Rice's fan
[G]Mavis got acquainted with the Drift
[C]in' Cowboys Band
The ef[F]fect on all our lives
was quite pro[Bb]found
[F]On the night Hank [C]Williams
[F]came [Bb]to to[F]wn

[Outro 1]
[F][C][F]
[Bb]