Chesney Kenny - Hillbilly Heaven guitar tab

"Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell"

By Kenny Chesney, Tracy Lawrence, and George Jones

Written by Huffman/Mullis/Geiger

Transcribed by Jason and Jennifer Hannan

Capo 3

Intro: D A D

On the [D]hillside in Hazard sits a [G]new double[F#m]wide

Gods little acre, pure para[A]dise.

A [D]poor boy found heaven, with a [G]good county [F#m]girl.

He had all he wanted, she [A]was his whole [D]world.

But [D]working the coal mine, can [G]wear a man [F#m]down.

He started spending too much time in [Em]town.

[D]He found temptation, fell [G]under it’s [F#m]spell.

Hillbilly heaven went to [A]honky tonk [D]hell. [D/E]-[D/F#]

Chorus

From [G]Hillbilly heaven to [D]honky tonk hell

From a warm home fire burning, to a cold cheap mo[A]tel

And an [D]angel is crying, cause her good man [G]fell,

From [F#m]hillbilly heaven to [A]honky tonk [D]hell.

Instrumental: D A D

(Same chords as first verse)

Somewhere in Hazard on a dark dead end street,

Where whiskey and heartache and old memories meet,

He looks for salvation in a bottle each night.

And just goes on living though he’s lost his life.

(Key change to E)

Now there’s a [E]job in the coal mine that [A]needs to be [G#m]filled

And a heartache in Hazard that won’t ever [F#m]heal

[E]He had it all, now [A]it’s all for [G#m]sale

And hillbilly heavens gone to [B]honky tonk [E]hell

Repeat chorus in key of E

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He’s gone from [G#m]Hillbilly heaven to [B]honky tonk [E]hell