Aaron Watson – Hit The Hay Runnin Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Aaron Watson – Hit The Hay Runnin Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
D   D   D   D
D   D   D   D


[Verse]
          D
Girl I'm watching
 that clock
        D
like a red tail
 hawk
        D
Sittin' on a
powerline
  D
 pole
       D
Gonna punch
out punch
     D
 in break in
the week
     D
And cash it
out and
        D
go for broke
You can slide
 on
Em
over
Pretty head on my
 A
shoulder
We got a good time
 coming

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[Chorus]
          D
When the day is
done
And the drinks
are
 cold
We're gonna pull
an all nighter
We can sleep when
 we're old
      G
It's rock that
honky tonk
Can't stop, won't
 stop
 D
Get you on the
dance floor
Better pump me
one more
 A
Double shot,
good stuff
Can't get
enough
         D
of that cover
band
Playin' those
 red dirt
 songs
 G
Head home,
last call
Lights off,
 close call
 D
Can't go wrong
it's a long way
home
You're tight
 A
fittin'
jeans on my
bedroom floor
We gonna hit
 the
hay runnin'
When we hit
the
 D   D D D D D D D
door

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[Verse]
There you go
 D
givin' that
eye with your
hand
on my thigh
Got me swerving
 all
over the place
Got my pedal
to the
 metal and I'm
boiling
 like a kettle
And you know
that I
 love a good
 chase


[Pre-Chorus]
             Em
Little moonshine
then
 G
Whole lot of
wine
     A
and dinin'
We got a good
 time coming

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[Chorus]
          D
When the day is
 done
And the drinks
are cold
We're gonna
 pull
an all nighter
We can sleep
when
 we're old
      G
It's rock that
 honky tonk
Can't stop,
won't
 stop
 D
Get you on the
 dance floor
Better pump me
 one more
 A
Double shot,
good
stuff
Can't get enough
of
      D
that cover band
Playin' those red
 dirt songs
 G
Head home, last
call
Lights off, close
call
 D
Can't go wrong
it's a long way home
              A
You're tight fittin'
 jeans on my bedroom
 floor
We gonna hit the
 hay runnin'
         D
When we hit the door


[Instrument]
G  D  A   D


[Break]
        G
I said hey little
         D
country girl
            A
Your Dolly curves,
Loretta twang and
      D
Reba curls
It's your
         G
country boy
             D
Unsnap all them
 pearls
'Cause I'm sweet on
 A                 G
you like Mountain Dew
                D
Little country girl
So let's


[Chorus]
 G
Rock that honky
Can't stop, won't
 stop
 D
Get you on the
dance floor
Better pump me one
more
 A
Double shot, good
 stuff
Can't get enough of
      D
that cover band
Playin' those red
 dirt songs
 G
Head home, last
 call
Lights off, close
 call
 D
Can't go wrong it's
 a long way home
              A
You're tight fittin'
jeans on my bedroom
floor
We gonna hit the
     D
hay runnin'
When we hit the
 door
[Chorus]
      G
It's rock that
honky tonk
Can't stop, won't
 stop
 D
Get you on the
dance floor
Better pump me
one more
 A
Double shot,
good stuff
Can't get enough
         D
of that cover
 band
Playin' those
 red
 dirt songs
 G
Head home,
last
call
Lights off,
close
 call
 D
Can't go wrong
 it's
a long way home
You're tight
 A
fittin'
jeans on my
 bedroom
 floor
We gonna hit
 the hay
 runnin'
When we hit
the door


[Outro]
Hit the hay runnin'
When we hit the door
We gonna hit the
hay runnin'
                 D
When we hit the door
 D
Yeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh
Wooh !

How to play Hit The Hay Runnin: key, chords and progression

Hit The Hay Runnin by Aaron Watson is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). The song uses 4 chords: D, Em, A and G.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – G – D – A (I – IV – I – V in D major). In solfa, that is doh – fah – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.

Chord diagrams

D chord on guitar (xx0232)
DD F♯ A
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
A chord on guitar (x02220)
AA C♯ E
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D

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Hit The Hay Runnin chords: questions

What key is Hit The Hay Runnin in?

Hit The Hay Runnin by Aaron Watson is centred on D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯).

What chords are in Hit The Hay Runnin?

Hit The Hay Runnin uses 4 chords: D, Em, A, G.

What is the chord progression of Hit The Hay Runnin?

The main progression is D – G – D – A (I – IV – I – V).

Is Hit The Hay Runnin easy to play on guitar?

Yes. Every chord is an open chord, so it suits beginners.

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