From Hillbilly Heaven To Honky-tonk Hell Chords

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From Hillbilly Heaven To Honky-tonk Hell by Kenny Chesney is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, Bb, C, A, G and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			On a (F) hillside in Hazzard 
Sets a (Bb) new double (F) wide 
God's little acre 
Your para (C) dise 
 
A (F) poor boy found heaven 
With a (Bb) good country (F) girl 
He had all he wanted 
(C) She was his whole (F) world 
 
Tracy Lawrence 
(F) But working the coal mine 
Can (Bb) wear a man (F) down 
He started spending 
Too much time in (C)  town 
 
(F) He found temptation 
Fell (Bb)  under it's (F) spell 
And Hillbilly Heaven 
Went to (C) Honky Tonk (F) Hell 
 
From (Bb) Hillbilly Heaven 
To (F)Honky Tonk Hell 
From a warm home fire burning 
To a cold, cheap mo (C) tel 
And an (F) angel is crying 
'Cause her good man (Bb) fell 
From (F) Hillbilly Heaven 
To (C) Honky Tonk (F)  Hell   (F)(C)(F) 
 
(F) Somewhere in Hazzard 
On a (Bb) dark, dead-end (F) street 
Where whiskey and heartache 
And old memories (C) meet 
 
He (F) looks for salvation 
In a (Bb) bottle each (F) night 
And just goes on livin' 
Though (C) he's lost his (F) life    (Key Change: F becomes G, Bb becomes C, and C becomes D) 
 
The Possum 
Now there's a (G) job in the coal mine 
That (C) needs to be (G) filled 
And a heartache in Hazzard 
That won't ever (D) heal 
 
(G) He had it all 
Now (C) it's all for (G) sale 
And Hillbilly Heaven's 
Gone to (D) Honky Tonk (G) Hell 
From (C) Hillbilly Heaven 
To (G) Honky Tonk Hell 
From a warm home fire burning 
To a cold, cheap mo (D) tel 
And an (G) angel is crying 
'Cause her good man (C) fell 
From (G) Hillbilly Heaven 
To (D) Honky Tonk (G) Hell 
 
He's gone from Hillbilly Heaven 
To (D) Honky Tonk (no chord) Hell (G) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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