A Country Boy Can Survive

By: Hank Williams Jr.
       
        D (xx0232@1)                           A (x02220@1)The preacher man says its the end of time
                G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)And the Mississippi River shes agoin (x02210@1)dry
        D (xx0232@1)                        A (x02220@1)The interest is up and the stock markets down
                G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)And you only get mugged if you go down town

        D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)I live back in the woods you see
           G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
        D (xx0232@1)                           A (x02220@1)I got ashotgun (x02210@1)arifle (x02210@1)and afour (x02210@1)wheel drive
              G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)And acountry (x02210@1)boy can survive
        A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Country folks can survive

        D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)I can plow afield (x02210@1)all day long
              G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
        D (xx0232@1)                             A (x02220@1)We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
              G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do
                                      A (x02220@1)We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
              G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)And acountry (x02210@1)boy can survive
        A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Country folks can survive	

Chorus 

                    G (320003@1)                         F (133211@1)Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run
              C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)Cause when them ole boy raised on shotgun
                         F (133211@1)We say grace and we say ma'am
               C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                
	If you ain't into that we don't give adamn (x02210@1)

        D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)We came from the West Virginia coal mines
                G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies
                                      A (x02220@1)And we can skin abuck (x02210@1)we can run atrot (x02210@1)line
              G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)And acountry (x02210@1)boy can survive
        

        A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Country folks can survive
        D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)I had agood (x02210@1)friend in New York City
           G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)He never called me by my name just HillBilly
                                A (x02220@1)My GrandPa taught me to live off the land
            G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)And his taught him to be abusiness (x02210@1)man
                                           A (x02220@1)He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Night
            G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)And I'd send him some homemade wine
                                          A (x02220@1)But he was killed by aman (x02210@1)with aswitch (x02210@1)blade knife
            G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)For forty three dollars my friend lost his life
                                          A (x02220@1)I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dudes eye
            G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)And shoot em' with my ole 45
                A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)      
	Cause acountry (x02210@1)boy can survive
        A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Country folks can survive

Chorus..................


        D (xx0232@1)                            A (x02220@1)Were from North California and South Alabam
            G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)And little towns all around this land
                                   A (x02220@1)And we can skin abuck (x02210@1)and run atrot (x02210@1)line
              G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)And acountry (x02210@1)boy can survive
        A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Country folks can survive
        A (x02220@1)         G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Country boy can survive
        A (x02220@1)           G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)Country folks can survive................