Hellbender

by Billy Strings

Chords

4.9 (78)

Key: E Tuning: E A D G B E

Transpose

Capo

None

Size

100%

Note that the "F# G G#" is a single note walk-up played on the low E string.

All chords are played with a swinging cowboy rhythm where you play an alternating

bass line that is root then 5th. Even though my tab only shows you playing the top four notes of

the chords, you should always finger the whole chord and let the accidental notes ring. I showed this as

ghost notes.

I have included a small chord chart at the beginning showing that bass line for any beginners.

I am not good at tabbing rythms so that is on you to learn.

Suggestions welcome.

An amazing song and so fun to play.

[Verse]
   [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]B7[/ch]
e|---0-----0-------0-----0--------2-----2---|
B|---0-----0-------2-----2--------0-----0---|
G|---1-----1-------2-----2--------2-----2---|
D|---2-----2-------2-----2--------1-----1---|
A|--(2)-2-(2)---0-(0)---(0)----2-(2)---(2)--|
E|-0------------------0--------------2------|

Intro

e|---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0------------------|
B|---0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0------------------|
G|---1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1-----1--1--1--1------------------|
D|---2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2-----2--2--2--2---------2--0-----|
A|--(2)(2)(2)(2)-2-(2)(2)(2)(2)---(2)(2)(2)(2)---1--2------2p1-|
E|0-----------------------------0-----------------------------3|

Verse 1

In the cold early morning in the hills of Kentucky

I woke to the sound of the

rain

And the

girl from last evening laid silently sleeping

Though I could not r

emember her

name

head was a pounding and the sweat poured

Around me like the

faucet that she left on h

igh

With a

chip on my shoulder I'm another day

older

And I swear I could br

eak down and

cry

Verse 2

I Never once made a dollar, which I didn’t gamble

Or scramble to burn at both e

nds

I’

ve raged all night long, in the hour beforе dawn

On spirits and bit

ters and b

lends

Wha

t’s left of my day might bе crimson or

Grey but n

ever again black and wh

ite

With a

chip on my shoulder I'm another day

older

And I swear I could br

eak down and

cry

Verse 3

I'm a fool with my money and I'm a fool with

My drinking I'm sinking to bottom of the w

ell

Adding f

uel to the fire like my wildest desire

Is to spend the next l

ifetime in

hell

I could c

ruise down to Hades, in a

Snow white Mercedes and a d

evilish look in my

eye

With a

chip on my shoulder I'm another day

older

And I swear I could br

eak down and

cry

Verse 4

There's a hard place on one side and a

Rock on the other, no corners to cut in this

maze

Only one

way to do it, just to grin and bear through it

I've been drinking up the c

ourage for

days

So I&rsqu

o;ll drain every cup and keep stacking them up

Till the

sun stumbles out of the sk

With a

chip on my shoulder I'm another day

older

And I swear I could br

eak down and

cry

Outro

I’ll keep on this way till my dying day

It&rsqu

o;s a blessing I’ve

tried to disguise

With a

chip on my shoulder I'm another day

older

And I swear I could br

eak down and

cry

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| (n) Ghost note

| p Pull-off

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