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Chords Used

  D (xx0232@1) Am7 (x02010@1) G (320003@1) Ce-2----0----3---0-------| (x32010@1)B-3----1----3---1-------|
G-2----0----0---0-------|
D-0----2----0---2-------|
A-0----0----2---3-------|
D-0---------x-----------|

Intro

  D (xx0232@1)      Am7 (x02010@1)   F (133211@1)   D (xx0232@1)    {drum}{Intro Fill----} De-2-2-2-----0-----5-5-52---2-2-----------------------2------| (xx0232@1)B-3-3-3-x-1-1-x-x-6-6-63-x-3-3-----------------------3------|
G-2-2-2-x-0-0-x-x-5-5-52-x-2-2-----------------------2------|
D-0-0--------2-----0-0---------0-------3p2p0-----------0----|
A-0-0--------0-----------------0-------------3p2p0-----0----|
D-0-0--------------------------0-------------------3h4-0----|


    D (xx0232@1)                       Am7The (x02010@1)preacher man says its the end of time
        G (320003@1)                      DAnd (xx0232@1)the Mississippi River shes a goin dry

Fill 1

  De----------------------------------------------------| (xx0232@1)B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D---------0--0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-----0-0-------------0|
A-3h5------------3h5------------3h5-----3p0-----3h5--|
D-------------------------------------------3p0(0)---|


    D (xx0232@1)                    Am7The (x02010@1)interest is up and the stock markets down
        G (320003@1)                    DAnd (xx0232@1)you only get mugged if you go down town

Fill 2

  De--------------------------------------------------------| (xx0232@1)B-------3-----3--------3-----3---------3-----------------|
G------------------------2---------------2---------------|
D-----0---0----------0-----0---------0-----0-------------|
A-3h5------------3h5-------------3h5---------0-0h3p0-----|
D----------------------------------------------------3-0-|

D (xx0232@1)                Am7I (x02010@1)live back in the woods you see
   G (320003@1)                        DMy (xx0232@1)woman and the kids and the dogs and me

Fill

Chorus
        D (xx0232@1)                   Am7I (x02010@1)got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive
      G (320003@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)a country boy can survive
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     DCountry (xx0232@1)folks can survive

Fill

D (xx0232@1)                Am7I (x02010@1)can plow a field all day long
      G (320003@1)                DI (xx0232@1)can cetch catfish from dusk till dawn

Fill
   D (xx0232@1)                          Am7We (x02010@1)make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
      G (320003@1)                       DAin't (xx0232@1)too many things these ole boys can't do

Fill
        D (xx0232@1)                   Am7We (x02010@1)grow good ole tomatas and homemade wine
      G (320003@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)a country boy can survive
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     DCountry (xx0232@1)folks can survive___

Bridge
            G (320003@1)                          FBecause (133211@1)you cain't starve us out and you cain't make us run
      C (x32010@1)                       GCause (320003@1)when them ole boys raised on shotgun
G (320003@1)              FWe (133211@1)say grace and we say ma'am
       C (x32010@1)                GIf (320003@1)you ain't into that we don't give a damn

Repeat Intro Fill

   D (xx0232@1)                   Am7We (x02010@1)came from the West Virginia coal mines
        G (320003@1)                     DAnd (xx0232@1)the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies

Fill

Chorus
    D (xx0232@1)                       Am7And (x02010@1)we can skin a buck we can run a trot line
      G (320003@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)a country boy can survive
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     DCountry (xx0232@1)folks can survive

Fill

  D (xx0232@1)                  Am7I (x02010@1)had a good friend in New York City
   G (320003@1)                        DHe (xx0232@1)never called me by my name just HillBilly

Fill
   D (xx0232@1)                  Am7My (x02010@1)GrandPa taught me to live off the land
    G (320003@1)                    DAnd (xx0232@1)his taught him to be a bus-i-ness man

Fill
           D (xx0232@1)                     Am7He (x02010@1)used to send me pictures of the Broadway Nights
    G (320003@1)               DAnd (xx0232@1)I'd send him some homemade wine

Fill
           D (xx0232@1)                    Am7But (x02010@1)he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife
    G (320003@1)                    DFor (xx0232@1)forty three dollars my friend lost his life

Fill
    D (xx0232@1)                           Am7I'd (x02010@1)love to spit some Beechnut in that dudes eyes
   G (320003@1)                   DAn (xx0232@1)shoot 'im with my ole forty-five
        G (320003@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)   DCause (xx0232@1)a country boy can survive
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     DCountry (xx0232@1)folks can survive

Repeat Bridge

          D (xx0232@1)                  Am7Were (x02010@1)from North California and South Alabam
    G (320003@1)               DAnd (xx0232@1)little towns all around this land

Fill

Chorus
    D (xx0232@1)                    Am7And (x02010@1)we can skin a buck and run a trot line
      G (320003@1)         Am7 (x02010@1)   DAnd (xx0232@1)a country boy can survive
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     DCountry (xx0232@1)folks can survive
Am7 (x02010@1)       G (320003@1)     DCountry (xx0232@1)boy can survive
C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)  Am7 (x02010@1)G (320003@1)name="chord_320003@1">G G (320003@1)name="chord_320003@1">G G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
Country folks can survi____________________ve