VERS:
   G                                     Cadd9   G
My granddaddy was a miner but he finally saw the light

He didn't have much just a beat up truck
                    Cadd9  G
And a dream about a better life

Grand mamma cried when she waved goodbye
                       Cadd9    G
You never heard such a lonesome sound

Pretty soon the dirt road tuned to blacktop
       Cadd9  G
Detroit city bound


REFRENG:
          G     Cadd9 G
Down that Hill..billy Highway
        G     Cadd9 G
On that Hill..billy Highway
         G           Cadd9                G
That old Hill..billy Highway, Goes on and on



VERS 2:
G                                                 Cadd9    G
Now he worked and saved his money so that one day he might send
                                               Cadd9   G
My old man off to college to use his brain and not his hands
 
Gran mama cried when she said goodbye
                       Cadd9    G
You never heard such a lonesome sound

But daddy had himself a good job in Houston 
         Cadd9   G
One more rolling down



REFRENG:
          G     Cadd9 G
Down that Hill..billy Highway
        G     Cadd9 G
On that Hill..billy Highway
         G           Cadd9                 G
That old Hill..billy Highway, Goes on and on




VERS 3:
G                                                   Cadd9  G
Now granddaddy rolled over in hi grave the day that I quit school
                                                              Cadd9   
I just sat around the house playing my guitar, my daddy said "I was a 
G
fool!"
 
My mama cried when I said goodbye 
                     Cadd9    G
I never heard such a lonesome sound

Now I'm standing on the highway and if your going my way
         Cadd9     G
You know we're I'm bound



REFRENG:
          G     Cadd9 G
Down that Hill..billy Highway
        G     Cadd9 G
On that Hill..billy Highway
         G           Cadd9                 G
That old Hill..billy Highway, Goes on and on