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Jason Aldean - Hicktown (with Tab) (Chord)
Album: Jason Aldean (2005)
Submitter: Shantel (107) on 6/3/05 18 comments
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Hicktown - Jason Aldean

Tuning notes:

For the intro riff to sound right you have to downtune the low E string
1 1/2 steps to Db (where 8th fret held down sounds like the A string-
normal tuning 5th fret would sound like the A string)

If you want to play the whole song with this tuning just don't hit the
bottom string when you strum the chords (or use the formation for E and F#
that's in the intro tab)



Intro:  (Drop Db Tuning)

h= hammer-on

   (Db)                     (E) (F#)
E------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------    Repeat 4 times
D-----------2h3-----------------------------
A-------2h4----2h4-------2h4--2--4----------
Db--0-0--------------0-0------3--5----------



Verse 1:
Db                                      E - F# (repeat intro riff/chords) 
Little Jimmy Jackson is jackin’ up his Bronco 
           Db                                   E -  F#  (intro riff/chords)
He’s gonna lay a little rubber later on at the truck pull 
         Db                                       E  -  F#  (intro riff/chords)
All the girls are getting’ pretty sprayin’ on the White Rain 
              Db                                    E - F# (intro riff/chords)
Yeah they’re gonna get a rowdy tonight down at the football game     ....yeah


Chorus: 
          Db  E-F#   
We let it rip... when we got the money 
       Db   E-F#
Let it roll... if we got the gas 
        Db  E-F#                              B    E(one strum)
It gets wild...yeah but that’s the way we get down 
     
In a Hicktown 


(intro riff/chords) (x2)


Verse 2:
Well you can see the neighbors butt crack nailing on his shingles 
And his woman’s’ smokin’ Pall Mall’s watchin’ Laura Ingles 
And Granny’s getting’ lit she’s headin’ out to bingo 
Yeah my buddies and me are goin’ muddin’ down on Blue Hole Road 
 

REPEAT CHORUS


Bridge: 
    Db                                      E-F#
We hear folks in the city party in Martini Bars 
Db                                                E-F#
And they like to show off in their fancy foreign cars 
Db                                          E-F#
Out here in the boondocks we buy beer at Amoco 
     Db                                     
And crank our Kraco speakers with that country radio 



REPEAT CHORUS


Chords:
B   =   x24442(bar chord) or xx4442
Db  =   x46664(bar chord) or xx6664
E   =   022100
F#  =   244322(bar chord)  
 Comments (click here to add a non-facebook comment)
Shantel your the best we got. And I hate to question you but
whatif you just tuned it drop D and then tuned the whole guitar
down 1/2 step to a drop D Flat tuning and then played
pre>
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
---------3-4-3-----------3-5-----------------
-----3-5-------5-----3-5-3-5-----------------
-0-0-------------0-0-----3-5-----------------
/pre>
In that tuning it would make you Db easier. And he plays a G
shaped chord and this tuning would make it your F# and he
plays a C shaped chord that would be your B. If you go to
CMT.com they have a (free to watch)studio 330 session video
of him performing Hicktown and his lead guitarist bars the top
three strings as you would for a 5th chord in drop D tuning. Hopefully I'm right and helpful and not embarassing myself.

Thanks,
ED
-Casper_cowboy | 6/9/2005
Great tab it helped me out a lot...Thanks
-brettum | 6/13/2005
good tab ireally like this song i live in alabama and we live like this evry weekend not amaco ,texaco way cheaper
-peaceallover | 6/20/2005
Casper, I'd have to say its easier to tune/retune 1 string than all 6

-nickelcreed | 6/25/2005
I think you are the one smokin there buddy...i have a good song for you...its by pink floyd, something about education...nice work again shantel...
-frickity | 7/5/2005
WildCard, what is your idea of country?
-badbrad | 7/12/2005
I agree with Casper Cowboy, you can clearly see something different on the CMT Studio 330 tab. The Intro sounds great but that Db cord dosent sound right.
-ascarla | 7/13/2005
Shantel youre right on the money for guitar #1. Casper is also right, Aldean has his guitar tuned in E flat so that he can play in open chords with guitar #1. He's playing D open then G. On the chorus he is using c (in place of B). Playing two guitars with this combo and different tunig sounds awsome together. Good job guys!
(Just clarrifying this for the people that werent understanding, this tab is 100% right))
-jaybb | 7/14/2005
i saw him live at the pub in harrisonburg VA, and i was standing as clase to him as i could get, i was on the dance floor and the front row standing at the stage. He does use a separate guitar for this song where the whole thing is tuned down a half step, but not in drop D. As far as the rest of the band who actually play this riff, they dont change tuning at all. That extra low not you are hearing comes from the bass over lapping the guitar.

like this:

e---------------------------------
b---------------------------------
g---------------------------------
d-----------2h3-------------2-4--- repeat
a---4-4-2-4-----2-4-2-4h(2)-2-4---
e---------------------------0-4---

makes chording a little tougher through the whole song, but if your using an electric its just typical bar chords, (same thing on acoustic, we just all know how much fun bar chords are on an acoustic). so try this, and if you got a band, or just jammin, just tell the bass guy to double you up on that low Db (C#).

oh...and wildcard, this song IS DEFINITELY country. this guy kicks ass and is the real deal, he plays an awsome show, and he sings about real things, this aint no freak parade new age stuff, this is good havin fun, crank up the kraco speakers and rock out, and thats what jason does in his concerts, and you can tell he comes from truly country roots, and has a good soul to him. the whole band is awsome, i got hit in the head with the bass, and met the guy afterwards, and even with his spiked hair (its the same band as in the video) he apologized and they were all real cool, even after the beer spilling incident...but hey its a pub, but great guy, great song, try this way out as an alternative at playing it.
-cntyotlw | 7/19/2005
It doesnt have to be with the original but who can transpose this song with some standard tuning in mind sounds kinda like if it is played in Db that would be an E in standard tuning wouldnt it so in other words it would be like an E A B type progression maybe.
-prs1man | 7/25/2005
this song is in C#, or Db, so to transpose it just to play it, your best bet would just be take it up to D, and its a I, III, IV progression, so it would be D, F, G.
-cntyotlw | 7/26/2005
I think you nailed it casper. And as far as I can tell on the recording there is no bass overtones just tuned down guitar.
-RevNight | 8/27/2005
With the low E string dropped to Db, I use this formation for the E & F# chords. E5: x2245x, F#5: x4467x. It rings nice and changes pretty naturally with the Db & B chords. Great down home tune. Killer tab. Thanks guys. Let err rip!
-shawndaley | 9/6/2005
Ed,
I tried it your way. It sounds right with the exception of a few notes. If you play all three low strings you get a growling sound. Instead, play

-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
----------3-4----------------
------3-5-----3-5----3-5-4-6-
--0-0-------------0-0----3-5-

Ed I am having trouble figuring out the chords in your tuning. Please tab the chords for me. Nothing wrong with Shantel's way, but Ed's tuning definetly works. This tab turns the last two notes into a typical rock power chord. It sounds GOOD through the amp.
-rase01 | 9/17/2005
good tab man but i like eds intro but good job with the chords. It sounds good if u just tune down full step to d and leave rest standard. Bc eds version at the end when u use 3 5 thoes are drop d rock chords.
3 5
3 5
-simpleplanguita | 9/21/2005
Im sry i put drop d its actually drop c# so ed is right i believe

-simpleplanguita | 9/21/2005
Thanks everyone for posting helpful comments! When you are talking about dropping to a C# would it not also be correct to drop the remaining strings a half step? So then really your tuned down a step with a dropped C# (E string)?
-blicious67 | 6/24/2008
The tab parts are perfect... the riff and walkdown.

For the chorus, since I'm just playing it by myself and already have the stupid 6th string in tuned to Db, this is how I play the chorus:

e------------------
B-------------------
G-----------------
D------4--s--2-----4--
A------4--s--2-----4-
Db---- 0-----------0-
-dantheman85x | 3/22/2009
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