Biography:
Tom T. Hall (born May 25, 1936 in Olive Hill, Kentucky) is an American country balladeer and songwriter. He has written 11 #1 Hits, with 26 more that hit the Top 10. He was the son of a preacher.
As a teen, Hall put together a band called the Kentucky Travelers that performed before movies for a travelling theater. During a stint in the Army, Hall performed over the Armed Forces Radio Network and wrote comic songs about Army experiences. His early career included being a radio announcer at WRON
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Other songs:
- Christmas Tree
- I Flew Over Our House Last Night
- That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
- Sneaky Snake
- A Hero In Harlan
- A Picture Of Your Mother
- A Week In A County Jail
- Aint Got The Time
- Another Town
- Back When Gas Was Thirty Cents A Gallon
- Back When We Were Young
- Ballad Of Forty Dollars
- Bar With No Beer
- Bill Monroe For Breakfast
- Candy In The Window
- Christmas Is
- Country Is
- Dont Forget The Coffee Billy Joe
- Everything From Jesus To Jack Daniels
- Faster Horses
- Forbidden Flowers
- Girls In Saigon City
- Homecoming
- I Cried All The Way To Kentucky
- I Like Beer
- I Love
- I Miss A Lot Of Trains
- I Want My Dog Back
- It Feels Better Now
- It Sure Can Get Cold In Des Moines
- La Blues
- Me And Jesus
- O Christmas Candle
- Old Dogs Children And Watermelon Wine
- Old Five And Dimers Like Me
- Once Upon A Road
- Over And Over Again
- Pay No Attention To Alice
- Ravishing Ruby
- Salute To A Switchblade
- Second Handed Flowers
- Shoe Shine Man
- Spokane Motel Blues
- Thats How I Got To Memphis
- The Monkey That Became President
- The Year Clayton Delaney Died
- The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
- Too Many Do Goods
- Tulsa Telephone Book
- Wash My Hands In The Morning Dew
- Were All In This Thing Alone
- When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore
- Whos Gonna Feed Them Hogs
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ORDER: I V C1 V C2 C3 O
[INTRO]
G | |
(spoken)
G
I went to see an old army buddy of mine to do some drinking
G | |
And his wife had become an alcoholic
G | |
And I wrote a song about it
[VERSE]
G C
Pay no attention to Alice -
G
she's drunk all the time,
C
Hooked on that wine,
C
Bunches of it
G | |
And it ruined her mind
G C
Pay no attention to Alice -
G
They say she's a sot,
C
Sane, she is not
C
But she loves it
G | |
And it's all she's got
[CHORUS 1]
D7 C
She made that apple pie from a memory
G
Made them biscuits
D7
From a recollection
G
That she had
D7
She cooked that chicken too long
C
But she don't know that
G
Oh, what the hell,
D7
It ain't too bad!
[VERSE]
G C
Pay no attention to Alice -
G
she's drunk all the time,
C
Hooked on that wine,
C
Bunches of it
G | |
And it ruined her mind
G C
Pay no attention to Alice,
G
They say she's a sot,
C
Sane she is not
C
But she loves it
G | |
And it's all she's got
[CHORUS 2]
D7 C
Don't talk about the war, I was a coward
G
Talk about fishing
D7
And all the good times
G
Raising hell
D7
Empty that one down,
C
We'll get another
G Em G G Em G
It's gettin' late,
D7
We might as well
[CHORUS 3]
D7
But we ran your car into a ditch,
C
Man, don't sweat it
G
I know Ben
D7
Down at the Shell station
G | |
And he'll get it out
D7 C
Alice, put your ashes in that ashtray
G | |
I swear woman,
D
You're gonna burn down the house
[OUTRO]
G C
Pay no attention to Alice,
G
She's drunk all the time
[INTRO]
G | |
(spoken)
G
I went to see an old army buddy of mine to do some drinking
G | |
And his wife had become an alcoholic
G | |
And I wrote a song about it
[VERSE]
G C
Pay no attention to Alice -
G
she's drunk all the time,
C
Hooked on that wine,
C
Bunches of it
G | |
And it ruined her mind
G C
Pay no attention to Alice -
G
They say she's a sot,
C
Sane, she is not
C
But she loves it
G | |
And it's all she's got
[CHORUS 1]
D7 C
She made that apple pie from a memory
G
Made them biscuits
D7
From a recollection
G
That she had
D7
She cooked that chicken too long
C
But she don't know that
G
Oh, what the hell,
D7
It ain't too bad!
[VERSE]
G C
Pay no attention to Alice -
G
she's drunk all the time,
C
Hooked on that wine,
C
Bunches of it
G | |
And it ruined her mind
G C
Pay no attention to Alice,
G
They say she's a sot,
C
Sane she is not
C
But she loves it
G | |
And it's all she's got
[CHORUS 2]
D7 C
Don't talk about the war, I was a coward
G
Talk about fishing
D7
And all the good times
G
Raising hell
D7
Empty that one down,
C
We'll get another
G Em G G Em G
It's gettin' late,
D7
We might as well
[CHORUS 3]
D7
But we ran your car into a ditch,
C
Man, don't sweat it
G
I know Ben
D7
Down at the Shell station
G | |
And he'll get it out
D7 C
Alice, put your ashes in that ashtray
G | |
I swear woman,
D
You're gonna burn down the house
[OUTRO]
G C
Pay no attention to Alice,
G
She's drunk all the time
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