Hillbilly Highway Chords & Lyrics - Steve Earle

[VERSE 1]

[G]My granddaddy was a miner but he finally [C]saw the [G]light

He didn't have much just a beat up truck
And a dream about a [C]better [G]life

Gran mamma cried when she waved goodbye
You never heard such a [C]lonesome [G]sound

Pretty soon the dirt road tuned to blacktop
Detroit [C]city [G]bound

[CHORUS]

[C]Down that [G]Hill..[C]billy [G]Highway
[C]On that [G]Hill..[C]billy [G]Highway
[C]That old [G]Hill..[C]billy Highway, Goes on and[G] on

[VERSE 2]

[G]Now he worked and saved his money so that one day [C]he might [G]send
My old man off to college to use his brain and [C]not his [G]hands

Gran mama cried when she said goodbye
You never heard such a [C]lonesome [G]sound

But daddy had himself a good job in Houston
One more [C]rolling [G]down

[CHORUS]

[C]That old [G]Hill..[C]billy [G]Highway
[C]That old [G]Hill..[C]billy [G]Highway
[C]That old [G]Hill..[C]billy Highway, rolls on and [G]on

[VERSE 3]

[G]Now granddaddy rolled over in hi grave the day that [C]I quit [G]school
I just sat around the house playing my guitar, my daddy said "[C]I was a [G]fool!"

My mama cried when I said goodbye
I never heard such a [C]lonesome [G]sound

Now I'm standing on the highway and if your going my way
You know [C]we're I'm [G]bound

[CHORUS]

[C]Down that [G]Hill..[C]billy [G]Highway
[C]That old [G]Hill..[C]billy [G]Highway
[C]That old [G]Hill..[C]billy Highway rolls on and [G]on