Hillbilly Shoes
Montgomery/Gentry


i play this song w/ the low e string tuned down to d

Intro-D D D D D D D D

      D              C             G        F   C   D
I was there when the men came, and told us all the
news
 D         C                  G       F     C    D
Father forgive them for they know not what they do
D          F   G   D      F   G    D
Till they walk a while, a country mile
      A   C     D
In my hillbilly shoes

(8 BAR BREAK) D D D D D D D D

D             C             G       F  C    D
You want to judge me by the whiskey on my breath
D              C               G        F   C   D
You Think you know me but you ain't seen nothing yet
D        F    G    D     F    G    D
Till you walk a while, a country mile
      A    C      D
In my hillbilly shoes
      A    C      D
In my hillbilly shoes

(8 BAR BREAK) D D D D D D D D

D                       D             D
You work all day in the muck and the mire
D                         D            D
Dance a little jig and a stomp by the fire
D                   D          D
Ain't too much these boots cant do
D                    D          D
Might even kick a little sense into you

(8 BAR BREAK)D D D D D D D D
          D                D              D
Well i'm going up cripple creek going in a run
D                D                   D
Going up cripple creek to have a little fun
D                  D            D
Law man said they found some tracks
D                   D                     D
People saw them leavin but they never come back
  15 BAR
(lead guitar) D D D D D D D D D D D D G F/C D
D             C                 G              F
OH, you don't know me, you don't know, you don't know
         D
you don't know
D         F   G   D      F    G   D
Till you walk a while, a country mile
      A    C     D
In my hillbilly shoes
      A    C     D
In my hillbilly shoes