Chord Country Boy Can Survive by Hank Williams Jr

D Am the preacher man says its the end of time D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 and the mississippi river shes a goin dry E | - - - - - - | D Am the interest is up and the stock markets down D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 and you only get mugged if you go down town E | - - - - - - | D Am i live back in the woods you see D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 my woman and the kids and the dogs and me E | - - - - - - | D Am i got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive G Am D and a country boy can survive Am G D country folks can survive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D Am i can plow a field all day long D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 i can catch catfish from dusk till dawn E | - - - - - - | D Am we make our own whiskey and our own smoke too D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 ain’t too many things these ole boys can’t do E | - - - - - - | D Am we grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine G Am D and a country boy can survive Am G D country folks can survive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G F because you can’t starve us out and you can’t make us run C G cause when them ole boy raised on shotgun G F we say grace and we say ma’am C G if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D Am we came from the west virginia coal mines D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 and the rocky mountains and the western skies E | - - - - - - | D Am and we can skin a buck we can run a trot line G Am D and a country boy can survive Am G D country folks can survive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D Am i had a good friend in new york city D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 he never called me by my name just hillbilly E | - - - - - - | D Am my grandpa taught me to live off the land D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 and his taught him to be a business man E | - - - - - - | D Am he used to send me pictures of the broadway night D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 and i’d send him some homemade wine E | - - - - - - | D Am but he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife D | - - - 0 - - | G D A | - 3 - - - - | > D x2 for forty three dollars my friend lost his life E | - - - - - - | D Am i’d love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eye G D and shoot em’ with my ole 45 G Am D cause a country boy can survive Am G D country folks can survive - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - G F because you can’t starve us out and you can’t make us run C G cause when them ole boy raised on shotgun G F we say grace and we say ma’am C G if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D Am were from north california and south alabam G D and little towns all around this land D Am and we can skin a buck and run a trot line G Am D and a country boy can survive Am G D country folks can survive repeat and fade