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I Wanna Be A Hillbilly

Billy Currington

RockAdvanced for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

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Chords & lyrics

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This song is very fast paced and he uses it to open his shows.  
 
 
 
CHORUS: 
             B 
I wanna be a hillbilly, prayin for the rain 
           E                       B 
Drink corn whiskey, raise a little cane 
                     F#m                  B 
You can have the big city, I wanna be a hillbilly 
 
VERSE 1: 
               B    
City folks got worries, A country boy's got none 
            E                             B 
All I wanna be is the daddy of a farmer's son 
                 F#m 
Subdivisions are silly 
             B 
I wanna be a hillbilly 
 
REPEAT cHORUS 
 
VERSE2: 
                    B                            
When I get finished plowin, I'm gonna go to the pond 
                  E                          B 
And Take my sweet baby, have some good clean fun 
                        F#m 
You gotta work that's a pity 
               B 
I'm gonna be a hillbilly 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
 
VERSE 3: 
       B 
When I die, throw a big fine wake 
                        E 
And have a party in the barn 
              B 
Let me lie in state 
                    F#m 
Plant me under that oak tree 
               B 
I'm gonna be a hillbilly 
 
REPEAT CHORUS 
                 F#m 
Subdivisions are silly 
                 B 
I wanna be a hillbilly

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Chord set

B · E · F#m

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.