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From Hillbilly Heaven To Honky Tonk Hell Tab

by Kenny Chesney


"Hillbilly Heaven to Honky Tonk Hell" 
By Kenny Chesney, Tracy Lawrence, and George Jones 
Written by Huffman/Mullis/Geiger 

Capo 3 
 
Intro:       
 
On the []hillside in Hazard sits a []new double[]wide 
Gods little acre, pure para[]dise. 
A []poor boy found heaven, with a []good county []girl. 
He had all he wanted, she []was his whole []world. 
 
But []working the coal mine, can []wear a man []down. 
He started spending too much time in []town. 
[]He found temptation, fell []under its []spell. 
Hillbilly heaven went to []honky tonk []hell.  [D/E]-[] 
 
Chorus 
From []Hillbilly heaven to []honky tonk hell 
From a warm home fire burning, to a cold cheap mo[]tel  
And an []angel is crying, cause her good man [G]fell,  
From [D]hillbilly heaven to [A]honky tonk [D]hell. 
 
Instrumental:       
 
(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 ) 
Now theres a [E]job in the coal mine that [A]needs to be []filled 
And a heartache in Hazard that wont ever []heal 
[E]He had it all, now [A]its all for [E]sale 
And hillbilly heavens gone to []honky tonk [E]hell 
 
Repeat chorus in key of E 
 
Tag: 
Hes gone from [E]Hillbilly heaven to [B]honky tonk [E]hell