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
D G D
On the hillside in Hazard sits a new doublewide
A
Gods little acre, pure paradise.
D G D
A poor boy found heaven, with a good county girl.
A D
He had all he wanted, she was his whole world.
D G D
But working the coal mine, can wear a man down.
He started spending too much time in []town.
D G D
He found temptation, fell under its spell.
A D DD/F#
Hillbilly heaven went to honky tonk hell. -
Chorus
G D
From Hillbilly heaven to honky tonk hell
A
From a warm home fire burning, to a cold cheap motel
D G
And an angel is crying, cause her good man fell,
D A D
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)
E A G#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
E A E
He had it all, now its all for sale
B E
And hillbilly heavens gone to honky tonk hell
Repeat chorus in key of E
Tag:
E B E
Hes gone from Hillbilly heaven to honky tonk hell