• Song:

    Hillbilly Highway

  • Artist:

    Steve Earle

  • Album:

    20th Century Masters: T...

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Key of G# (capo 1)

Intro lick:

G (320003@1)                                                 C (x32010@1)-----3--------------3----3-|
 -----3--------------3----3-|
 -----0--------------0----0-|
 ---------3-2p0-------------|
 -----------------------3---|
 -2h3------------2h3--------|

Verse lick:

G (320003@1)                                                                                 C (x32010@1)----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--------|
----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3--------|
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0--------|
-------0-----------0-----------0-----------3-2p0-|
-------------------------------------3-----------|
-3-----------3-----------3-----------------------|
My grandaddy....                            finally saw the light
etc.

Chorus lick:

The chorus is just the intro lick played 4 times:

------------3--------------3----3------------3--------------3----3-|
------------3--------------3----3------------3--------------3----3-|
------------0--------------0----0------------0--------------0----0-|   (repeat)
--------------3-2p0----------------------------3-2p0---------------|
------------------------------3--------------------------------3---|
--------2h3------------2h3---------------2h3------------2h3--------|
Down that hiiiiill.....                                 billy                   highway
On   that    hiiiiill.....                                 billy                   highway

followed by:

------------3-----------3--------0----0---0------0-----3--------3---3----|
------------3-----------3--------1----1---1------1-----3--------3---3----|
------------0-----------0--------0----0---0------0-----0--------0---0----| (Intro x1)
--------------3-2p0-------------------------------------3-2p0------------|
---------------------------0-2-3--------3-------------------------3------|
--------2h3---------2h3-------------3---------3-----2h3- -----2h3--------|
That old   hiiiill...                             billy  highway            goes   on  and on

Then back to verse.

Bridge (listen to song to get bends right):

-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------1--------------------------|
--0------0------0-------0-------0--------------2b2b-0---------0-----0----|
----2b2b-----0----2b2b------0-----2b2b-------------------------2b2b----0-|
----------3--------------3---------------0-2-3-----3-3s5-1b2----------3--|
-3------3------3------3--------3------3-3--------------------3-----3-----|

Then to verse.

So the whole song goes:

Intro lick x4
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Verse
Chorus
Bridge (fade)

Lyrics are available elsewhere so not going to write them out. Have fun playing!
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