Chords for Tex Ritter - Hillbilly Heaven
Tempo:
105 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
G
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I dreamed I was out [G] in [Em]
[D] hillbilly heaven, oh what a [Em] [G] beautiful [Em] sight.
[D]
Hmmm.
[E] [G] Last night I dreamed [D] I went to hillbilly [D] heaven.
You know who greeted me at the gate?
[E] The old cowboy [A] philosopher himself, Will Rogers.
[G] He said to me, he said, Peck's the [D] boss of the riders up here, he's kinda asked me to show [C] you around.
Right over [G] yonder's a few of your old [Em] compadres.
[D] My, was I [B] glad to see him.
Hank [A] Williams and Johnny [E] Horton, Hawkshire [D] Hawkins, Jack England [A] and Randy Hughes, [D]
Rod Brasfield, Cowboy Copus.
[A] [D]
I dreamed I was [E] out [G] in [Em] [D] hillbilly heaven, oh what a [E]
beautiful [D] sight.
[B] [D] He introduced me to Wiley [A] Post, [D]
and he showed [E] me the hall of fame with all the gold guitars and fiddles hanging on the wall.
Then he said, text up [E] this way, more of your friends will know [A] you won't see, [E] they're waiting for you.
[Em]
There they were, [D] standing side by side, smiling at [G] me.
Patsy Cline and Texas [F#m] Ruby, [D] Carl Farr [A] of the Sons of the Pioneers, Little Joe [D] Carson of Texas, [G] [F#] Merle Lindsey, [Em] [D] Jim Reeves [A] and Hank Morton.
Tyra Leuven, [D] Wiley Walker, the Delmore Brothers, all the rest.
I met all the stars [D#m] [Em] in [D] hillbilly heaven, oh [F] what a [Em] star [D] studded night.
[A] [G]
Mmmmm.
[D] Then I asked him who else he expected within the next [E] say a hundred [A] years.
He handed me a [Am] large book covered with stardust.
[D]
Will Rogers called [C] it the big tally [G] book.
In [E] it were many names, [D] and each name [A] was branded in pure gold.
I began to read some of them as I turned the [D] pages.
Red Foley, [B] Ernie [D] Stubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, [C] Eddie Arnold, [Em]
Porter Wagner, [D] Sonny James, the Wilburn Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Ferlin Husky, Farron Young, Minnie Pearl, Johnny Cash, Tex [F#m] Ritter.
Tex Ritter, oh, [F]
that's what [D] I woke up.
[A] And I'm sorry [B] I did because [D] I dreamed I was [E] there in hillbilly [D] heaven.
Oh, [A] what a [E]
beautiful [G]
sight.
[D] [N]
[D] hillbilly heaven, oh what a [Em] [G] beautiful [Em] sight.
[D]
Hmmm.
[E] [G] Last night I dreamed [D] I went to hillbilly [D] heaven.
You know who greeted me at the gate?
[E] The old cowboy [A] philosopher himself, Will Rogers.
[G] He said to me, he said, Peck's the [D] boss of the riders up here, he's kinda asked me to show [C] you around.
Right over [G] yonder's a few of your old [Em] compadres.
[D] My, was I [B] glad to see him.
Hank [A] Williams and Johnny [E] Horton, Hawkshire [D] Hawkins, Jack England [A] and Randy Hughes, [D]
Rod Brasfield, Cowboy Copus.
[A] [D]
I dreamed I was [E] out [G] in [Em] [D] hillbilly heaven, oh what a [E]
beautiful [D] sight.
[B] [D] He introduced me to Wiley [A] Post, [D]
and he showed [E] me the hall of fame with all the gold guitars and fiddles hanging on the wall.
Then he said, text up [E] this way, more of your friends will know [A] you won't see, [E] they're waiting for you.
[Em]
There they were, [D] standing side by side, smiling at [G] me.
Patsy Cline and Texas [F#m] Ruby, [D] Carl Farr [A] of the Sons of the Pioneers, Little Joe [D] Carson of Texas, [G] [F#] Merle Lindsey, [Em] [D] Jim Reeves [A] and Hank Morton.
Tyra Leuven, [D] Wiley Walker, the Delmore Brothers, all the rest.
I met all the stars [D#m] [Em] in [D] hillbilly heaven, oh [F] what a [Em] star [D] studded night.
[A] [G]
Mmmmm.
[D] Then I asked him who else he expected within the next [E] say a hundred [A] years.
He handed me a [Am] large book covered with stardust.
[D]
Will Rogers called [C] it the big tally [G] book.
In [E] it were many names, [D] and each name [A] was branded in pure gold.
I began to read some of them as I turned the [D] pages.
Red Foley, [B] Ernie [D] Stubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, [C] Eddie Arnold, [Em]
Porter Wagner, [D] Sonny James, the Wilburn Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Ferlin Husky, Farron Young, Minnie Pearl, Johnny Cash, Tex [F#m] Ritter.
Tex Ritter, oh, [F]
that's what [D] I woke up.
[A] And I'm sorry [B] I did because [D] I dreamed I was [E] there in hillbilly [D] heaven.
Oh, [A] what a [E]
beautiful [G]
sight.
[D] [N]
Key:
D
A
E
G
Em
D
A
E
_ _ _ I dreamed _ I was out [G] in _ [Em] _
[D] hillbilly heaven, _ _ oh _ what a [Em] _ [G] beautiful _ [Em] sight.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Hmmm.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] Last night I dreamed [D] I went to hillbilly [D] heaven.
_ You know who greeted me at the gate?
[E] The old cowboy [A] philosopher himself, Will Rogers.
[G] He said to me, he said, Peck's the [D] boss of the riders up here, he's kinda asked me to show [C] you around.
Right over [G] yonder's a few of your old [Em] compadres.
[D] My, was I [B] glad to see him.
_ Hank [A] Williams and Johnny [E] Horton, Hawkshire [D] Hawkins, _ Jack England [A] and Randy Hughes, [D] _
Rod Brasfield, _ _ Cowboy Copus.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
I dreamed I was [E] out _ [G] in _ [Em] _ [D] hillbilly heaven, _ _ oh _ what a [E] _
beautiful [D] _ sight. _ _ _
[B] _ [D] He introduced me to Wiley [A] Post, _ [D]
and he showed [E] me the hall of fame with all the gold guitars and fiddles hanging on the wall.
Then he said, text up [E] this way, more of your friends will know [A] you won't see, [E] they're waiting for you.
_ [Em]
There they were, [D] standing side by side, smiling at [G] me.
Patsy Cline and Texas [F#m] Ruby, _ [D] Carl Farr [A] of the Sons of the Pioneers, Little Joe [D] Carson of Texas, [G] _ [F#] Merle Lindsey, [Em] _ [D] Jim Reeves [A] and Hank Morton. _
Tyra Leuven, [D] Wiley Walker, _ the Delmore Brothers, _ _ all the rest. _
_ _ _ _ _ I met _ all the stars [D#m] _ [Em] in _ _ [D] hillbilly heaven, _ _ oh [F] what a [Em] star [D] studded night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Mmmmm.
[D] _ Then I asked him who else he expected within the next [E] say a hundred [A] years.
He handed me a [Am] large book covered with stardust.
[D]
Will Rogers called [C] it the big tally [G] book.
In [E] it were many names, [D] and each name [A] was branded in pure gold.
I began to read some of them as I turned the [D] pages.
_ Red Foley, [B] Ernie _ [D] Stubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, [C] Eddie Arnold, [Em]
Porter Wagner, [D] Sonny James, the Wilburn Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Ferlin Husky, _ Farron Young, Minnie Pearl, Johnny Cash, Tex [F#m] Ritter.
Tex Ritter, oh, _ [F]
that's what [D] I woke up.
[A] And I'm sorry [B] I did because [D] I dreamed I was [E] there _ in _ _ hillbilly [D] heaven.
_ _ Oh, _ [A] what a [E] _
beautiful _ _ [G] _ _ _
sight.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] hillbilly heaven, _ _ oh _ what a [Em] _ [G] beautiful _ [Em] sight.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Hmmm.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] Last night I dreamed [D] I went to hillbilly [D] heaven.
_ You know who greeted me at the gate?
[E] The old cowboy [A] philosopher himself, Will Rogers.
[G] He said to me, he said, Peck's the [D] boss of the riders up here, he's kinda asked me to show [C] you around.
Right over [G] yonder's a few of your old [Em] compadres.
[D] My, was I [B] glad to see him.
_ Hank [A] Williams and Johnny [E] Horton, Hawkshire [D] Hawkins, _ Jack England [A] and Randy Hughes, [D] _
Rod Brasfield, _ _ Cowboy Copus.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
I dreamed I was [E] out _ [G] in _ [Em] _ [D] hillbilly heaven, _ _ oh _ what a [E] _
beautiful [D] _ sight. _ _ _
[B] _ [D] He introduced me to Wiley [A] Post, _ [D]
and he showed [E] me the hall of fame with all the gold guitars and fiddles hanging on the wall.
Then he said, text up [E] this way, more of your friends will know [A] you won't see, [E] they're waiting for you.
_ [Em]
There they were, [D] standing side by side, smiling at [G] me.
Patsy Cline and Texas [F#m] Ruby, _ [D] Carl Farr [A] of the Sons of the Pioneers, Little Joe [D] Carson of Texas, [G] _ [F#] Merle Lindsey, [Em] _ [D] Jim Reeves [A] and Hank Morton. _
Tyra Leuven, [D] Wiley Walker, _ the Delmore Brothers, _ _ all the rest. _
_ _ _ _ _ I met _ all the stars [D#m] _ [Em] in _ _ [D] hillbilly heaven, _ _ oh [F] what a [Em] star [D] studded night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Mmmmm.
[D] _ Then I asked him who else he expected within the next [E] say a hundred [A] years.
He handed me a [Am] large book covered with stardust.
[D]
Will Rogers called [C] it the big tally [G] book.
In [E] it were many names, [D] and each name [A] was branded in pure gold.
I began to read some of them as I turned the [D] pages.
_ Red Foley, [B] Ernie _ [D] Stubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, [C] Eddie Arnold, [Em]
Porter Wagner, [D] Sonny James, the Wilburn Brothers, Loretta Lynn, Ferlin Husky, _ Farron Young, Minnie Pearl, Johnny Cash, Tex [F#m] Ritter.
Tex Ritter, oh, _ [F]
that's what [D] I woke up.
[A] And I'm sorry [B] I did because [D] I dreamed I was [E] there _ in _ _ hillbilly [D] heaven.
_ _ Oh, _ [A] what a [E] _
beautiful _ _ [G] _ _ _
sight.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _