Kenny Chesney — From Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell
"Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell"
By Kenny Chesney, Tracy Lawrence, and George Jones
Written by Huffman/Mullis/Geiger
Transcribed by Logan Mikesell
Capo 3
Intro: D A D
DGD
On the hillside in Hazard sits a new doublewide
A
Gods little acre, pure paradise.
DGD
A poor boy found heaven, with a good county girl.
AD
He had all he wanted, she was his whole world.
DGD
But working the coal mine, can wear a man down.
He started spending too much time in []town.
DGD
He found temptation, fell under its spell.
ADDD/F#
Hillbilly heaven went to honky tonk hell. -
Chorus
GD
From Hillbilly heaven to honky tonk hell
A
From a warm home fire burning, to a cold cheap motel
DG
And an angel is crying, cause her good man fell,
DAD
From hillbilly heaven to honky tonk 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 hes lost his life.
(Key change to E)
EAG#m
Now theres a job in the coal mine that needs to be filled
F#m
And a heartache in Hazard that wont ever heal
EAE
He had it all, now its all for sale
BE
And hillbilly heavens gone to honky tonk hell
Repeat chorus in key of E
Tag:
EBE
Hes gone from Hillbilly heaven to honky tonk hell