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)