Hellbent for Leather chords by Ray Wylie Hubbard, Steve Earle

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
The  (D major) fly by night carnival
is closing down
Time to get off this merry go round
G 
Kids  (G major) and rubes have left the fairgrounds
D 
The  (D major) rock and roll gypsies are

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Verse 2
getting' out of town
D 
 (D major) 
Northeastern Oklahoma is
calling my name
Gettin' off the grid and
the old shell game
G 
 (G major) Gonna transcend like
Henry David Thoreau
D 
And  (D major) listen to sweetheart of the rodeo

Verse 3
D 
 (D major) 
C 
D 
So  (C major) long city of  (D major) angels
C 
D 
Good (C major) bye Sunset and Vine  (D major) 
C 
D 
I'm leaving  (C major) for Oklaho (D major) ma
C 
Adi (C major) os Hollywood sign
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 4
The Warners record deal fell apart in L.A
The technicolor life turned battleship grey
G 
It was  (G major) like I was Daniel in
the lion's den
D 
Except no  (D major) spirit appeared to save my skin

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) 
So I'm leaving here with
the girl who shimmies
With her black eye liner and
her handful of gimme
G 
Taking a  (G major) twin reverb with two
blown speakers
D 
 (D major) Wearing my John

Verse 6
Varvatos converse sneakers
D 
 (D major) 
C 
D 
So  (C major) long city of  (D major) angels
C 
D 
Good (C major) bye Sunset and Vine  (D major) 
C 
D 
I'm  (C major) leaving for Oklaho (D major) ma
C 
Adi (C major) os Hollywood sign

Interlude 1
D 
 (D major) 
G 
 (G major) 
D 
 (D major) 
G 
 (G major) 
D 
 (D major) 

Verse 7
D 
Gram Parsons  (D major) was right about
the thirty- first floor
The earth is shaking and I
can't take it no more
G 
So I'm  (G major) heading due east
hellbent for leather
D 
 (D major) Might even get the band back together