Hillbilly Highway

Hillbilly Highway easy guitar chords by Steve Earle

1986•Country•
Guitar
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  • G

  • C

  • G

  • C

    • Intro 1
    G
    C

    G
    C

    G
    C

    G
    C

    Verse 1
    G

    My granddaddy was a miner,
    C
    G

    but he finally saw the light
    G

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

    and a dream about a better life
    G

    Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye,
    C
    G

    you never heard such a lonesome sound
    G

    Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop,
    C
    G

    Detroit City bound
    Chorus 1
    G
    C
    G

    Down that hillbilly highway
    C
    G
    C
    G

    On that hillbilly highway
    C
    G
    C

    That old hillbilly highway
    G
    C

    Goes on and on
    G
    C

    Verse 2
    G

    Now he worked and saved his money so that
    C
    G

    one day he might send
    G

    My old man off to college, to use his brains
    C
    G

    and not his hands
    G

    Grandmama cried when he said goodbye,
    C
    G

    you never heard such a lonesome sound
    G

    But daddy had himself a good job in Houston,
    C
    G

    one more rollin' down
    Chorus 2
    G
    C
    G

    That old hillbilly highway
    C
    G
    C
    G

    That old hillbilly highway
    C
    G
    C

    That old hillbilly highway
    G
    C

    Goes on and on
    G

    On and on, and on
    C

    Here it goes
    Interlude 1
    G
    C

    G
    C

    G
    C

    G
    C

    Verse 3
    G

    Granddaddy rolled over in his grave
    C
    G

    the day that I quit school
    G

    I just sat around the house playin' my guitar,
    C
    G

    Daddy said I was a fool
    G

    My mama cried when I said goodbye,
    C
    G

    you never heard such a lonesome sound
    G

    Now I'm standin' on this highway

    and if you're going my way
    C
    G

    You know where I'm bound
    Chorus 3
    G
    C
    G

    Bound that hillbilly highway
    C
    G
    C
    G

    On that hillbilly highway
    C
    G
    C

    That old hillbilly highway
    G
    C

    Goes on and on
    G
    C

    Hmm, yeah that's the road I'm
    Interlude 2
    G
    C
    G
    C

    (on)
    G
    C

    G
    C
    G
    C
    G
    C

    Outro 1
    G
    C
    G
    C

    Hillbilly high- way
    G
    C


    [Repeat ande fade]

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