Hillbilly Highway

Hillbilly Highway easy guitar chords by Steve Earle

1986Country
Guitar
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  • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    My 
    granddaddy 
    was 
    miner, 

    but 
    he 
    finally 
    saw 
    the 
    light 

    He 
    didn't 
    have 
    much, 
    just 
    beat-up 
    truck 

    and 
    dream 
    about 
    better 
    life 

    Grand
    mama 
    cried 
    when 
    she 
    waved 
    goodbye, 

    you 
    never 
    heard 
    such 
    lonesome 
    sound 

    Pretty 
    soon 
    the 
    dirt 
    road 
    turned 
    into 
    blacktop, 

    Detroit 
    City 
    bound 

    Chorus 1
    Down 
    that 
    hill
    billy 
    high
    way 

    On 
    that 
    hill
    billy 
    high
    way 

    That 
    old 
    hill
    billy 
    high
    way 

    Goes 
    on 
    and 
    on 


    Verse 2
    Now 
    he 
    worked 
    and 
    saved 
    his 
    money 
    so 
    that 

    one 
    day 
    he 
    might 
    send 

    My 
    old 
    man 
    off 
    to 
    college, 
    to 
    use 
    his 
    brains 

    and 
    not 
    his 
    hands 

    Grand
    mama 
    cried 
    when 
    he 
    said 
    goodbye, 

    you 
    never 
    heard 
    such 
    lonesome 
    sound 

    But 
    daddy 
    had 
    himself 
    good 
    job 
    in 
    Houston, 

    one 
    more 
    rollin' 
    down 

    Chorus 2
    That 
    old 
    hill
    billy 
    high
    way 

    That 
    old 
    hill
    billy 
    high
    way 

    That 
    old 
    hillbilly 
    high
    way 

    Goes 
    on 
    and 
    on 

    On 
    and 
    on, 
    and 
    on 

    Here 
    it 
    goes 

    Interlude 1




    Verse 3
    Granddaddy 
    rolled 
    over 
    in 
    his 
    grave 

    the 
    day 
    that 
    quit 
    school 

    just 
    sat 
    around 
    the 
    house 
    playin' 
    my 
    guitar, 

    Daddy 
    said 
    was 
    fool 

    My 
    mama 
    cried 
    when 
    said 
    goodbye, 

    you 
    never 
    heard 
    such 
    lonesome 
    sound 

    Now 
    I'm 
    standin' 
    on 
    this 
    highway 

    and 
    if 
    you're 
    going 
    my 
    way 

    You 
    know 
    where 
    I'm 
    bound 

    Chorus 3
    Bound 
    that 
    hill
    billy 
    high
    way 

    On 
    that 
    hill
    billy 
    high
    way 

    That 
    old 
    hillbilly 
    high
    way 

    Goes 
    on 
    and 
    on 

    Hmm, 
    yeah 
    that's the 
    road 
    I'm 

    Interlude 2
    (on) 



    Outro 1
    Hill
    billy 
    high- 
    way 



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    ande 
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