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Standing In The Shadows
Written and recorded by Hank Williams Jr.
  
C                                  F        C
I know that I'm not great and some say I imitate
                              D7               G7
Anymore I don't know I'm just doing the best I can
      F                       C
After all I'm standing in the shadows
     G7          C
Of a very famous man


As I travel around from town to town
F                     C
I have a lot of dad's fans and friends come around

They say I know Hank would be proud of you if he were here today
D7                                              G7
While we're all so glad and we know he would be too
                                       C
That you're carryin' on his music this way


Yes they say Hank was the all time great
F                     C
And we know you'll be just as good as your dad
F                                          C
But I just smile and say there'll never be another 

Hank Williams friends
G7                                   C
That's the part that always makes me sad

Repeat #1


So many times when I'm on that stage 
F                   C
I feel something go through me

And for a minute I'm in a different world 
D7                                   G7
And that's when it does something to me
    C
The people are a hollering and clapping real loud
F                               C
While I'm out they're taking my bows
F                                  C
I look up toward the ceiling and I say to myself 
           G7                  C
Listen dad just listen to that crowd

                                                   F
But as the show goes on the people clap and holler more
                                C
I start singing another of your great songs
F                      C
That's the time that I know although you're gone 
     G7                            C
Your music will live on and on and on

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