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First Year Blues — Hank Williams
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Tabbed by: Dave S.
Email: prime—prine@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
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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,
My pants with dirt were sprinkled,
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And then I took the first year blues.
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Well then she started naggin',
She left the sink a'saggin',
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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.