I Did Everything That Hank Did
By:  Keith Whitley
From Youtube Clip
Chords tabbed by:  Verne Garrison
Banjo tuned E, Key D, Capo 1


Chorus:

    D                        A        D
I done everything that Hank did, but die
       G                      D  
And it ain't because I didn't try
              G     D
Sometimes it amazes me
                   A
What I get out of life
  D                             A    D
Cause I done everything he did, but die

           G           D
Well  old Hank was my hero
              A 
Since I was a kid
   D          G     D
And I grew up re-living
                 A        D
All the crazy things Hank did

Whiskey drinking honkytonk singing
And staying up all night
Living hard and dying young
Was just a way of life

But I didn't know how dangerous
That old lonesome highway could be
One too many whiskey binges
Brought me to my knees

I saw the light that very night
And old Hank is still the king
But I found out that I
Didnt have to kill myself to sing

Chorus:
  D         G       D
Sometimes it amazes me
                   A
What I get out of life
  D                             A    D
Cause I done everything he did, but die