| D | C | D | |
| Getting work ain't easy | in the hills of Tennessee |
| D | C | D | |
| But things are bad all over | my friends keep telling me |
| C | G | |
| Even though I grew up there and never | thought I'd leave |
| C | G | |
| Had too many bills to pay, | seven mouths to feed |
| C G E7 A,stop |
| Movin' to the city was all that I could do |
| D | |
| Got them hillbilly blues |
| (OVER VERSE CHORDS) |
| People here won't say goodmorning, they won't even take the time |
| I guess I know just how it feels to have something on your mind |
| So all I want is to go back home and fish in a mountain stream |
| This ol' life I'm living Lord, you know it ain't for me |
| They say the sun it shines out here, but all I see is rain |
| Got them hillbilly blues |
| Got them hillbilly blues |
| BRIDGE:G F G F G G# A C D |
| SOLO: D-C G F G F...G G# A C D ...C D |
| hillbilly blues.. |
| C | G | |
| All I want is to go back home and f | ish in a mountain stream |
| C | G | |
| This ol' life I'm living Lord, you | know it ain't for me |
| C | G | E7 | A | |
| They | say the sun it shines out here, but | all I see is | rain, | and |
| G F G F ... G G# A C D |
| Got them hillbilly blues |
| D C D C ... |
| Hillbilly blues |
| Hillbilly blues |