Verse 1 
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Bb5 
It comes from Mississippi and down in Alabam , 
 
Creepin' like a fever, all across the land. 
 
From deep in the Delta, on the Louisiana shore, 
 
The people got to have it, they wanna hear some more. 
 
Chorus 
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        Eb5 
Its the hillbilly rock, beat it with a drum , 
Bb5 
Playin' them guitars like shootin' from a gun. 
Eb5 
Keepin' up the rhythm , steady as a clock. 
F5                                         Bb5 
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock. 
 
Verse 2 
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     Bb5 
Some say it came from Memphis, down in Tennessee, 
 
Or it drifted in from Georgia about 1953. 
 
Just as long as its greasy, as long as its fast, 
 
As long as its pumpin' honey, its gonna last. 
 
*REPEAT CHORUS* 
 
 
Bb5    Eb5     Bb5    Eb5    F5    Bb5 
INSTRUMENTAL 
 
Verse 3 
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    Bb5  
Way back in old Kentucky where the bluegrass grows, 
 
Through the Carolinas on them dirt red roads. 
 
Burnin' like a fire runnin' wild in the woods, 
 
From Arkansas to Texas, it sounds so good. 
 
*REPEAT CHORUS* 
 
Verse 4 
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            Bb5  
So when the heat starts to risin' and you gotta blow some steam , 
 
Take a ride down the river, you'll see just what I mean. 
 
The juke joint's jumpin' when that cat goes on, 
 
The whole place is shakin', there's a something goin' on. 
 
*REPEAT CHORUS* 
 
 
F5                                         Bb5 
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock. 
F5                                         Bb5 
Doin' a little thing called the hillbilly rock. 
 
 
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b   =   bend             p   =   pulloff            /   =   slide up 
 
bh  =   bend & hold      r   =   release bend  
 
~   =   let ring         \   =   slide down 
 
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LEAD SOLO  (without capo) 
   
 
  Bb                Eb                                 Bb               
 
E | -----------------(b9)6---6-6-6--6-6-6---6-6-6-(b9)-(b9)-(b9)-9h10-- 
B | -------------------9bh-(b9)(b9)9r-(b9)(b9)9bh-(b9)(b9)(b9)/11-11-11-11---- 
G | ---------6-6-8/10------------------------------------------- 
D | ----------8------------------------------------------------- 
A | ------------------------------------------------------------ 
E | --9b-p6-6--------------------------------------------------- 
 
                                             Eb                     
                   
E | ----------------------------6-----6---------------6---------4/6-6-- 
B | --11-11-11-11~~~~~~-11--6~~~6-6~~~6-6~~~-6--6-6~~~6-6----6--4/6-6-- 
G | --10-12-13-12h13p12-10--8/10--8/10--10\8-6b-6-8/10--10\8-6b-------- 
D | -------------------------------------------8---------------8------- 
A | ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
E | ------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
                         F                    Bb                  
 
E | ------6------------------------------------------6-6----6--- |  
B | --6~~~6-6~~~-6--6~~~-6----------------------------6----6---- |  
G | --8/10--10\8-6b-8/10-6b------------------------------------- |  
D | ---------------8-------8------------------------------------ |  
A | ------------------------7/8-8-7/8-8-7/8-8-8-6---------8----- |  
E | ---------------------------------------------9b-6---9b------ |