A Country Boy Can Survive

A Country Boy Can Survive easy guitar chords by Hank Williams, Jr.

1981Country
Guitar
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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    The 
    preacher 
    man 
    says 
    it's 
    the 
    end 
    of 
    time 

    And 
    the 
    Mississippi 
    River, 

    she's 
    a-
    goin' 
    dry 

    The 
    interest 
    is 
    up 

    and 
    the 
    stock 
    market's 
    down 

    And 
    you 
    only 
    get 
    mugged 

    if 
    you 
    go 
    downtown 

    Verse 2
    live 
    back 
    in 
    the 
    woods, 
    you 
    see 

    My 
    woman 
    and 
    the 
    kids 

    and 
    the 
    dogs 
    and 
    me 

    got 
    shotgun, 
    rifle 
    and 
    4-wheel 
    drive 

    And 
    country 
    boy 
    can 
    sur
    vive, 

    country 
    folks 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    Verse 3
    can 
    plow 
    field 
    all 
    day 
    long 

    can 
    catch 
    catfish 
    from 
    dusk 
    'til 
    dawn 

    We 
    make 
    our 
    own 
    whiskey 

    and 
    our 
    own 
    smoke 
    too 

    Ain't 
    too 
    many 
    things 

    these 
    old 
    boys 
    can't 
    do 

    We 
    grow 
    good 
    ol' 
    tomatoes 

    and 
    homemade 
    wine 

    And 
    country 
    boy 
    can 
    sur
    vive, 

    country 
    folks 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    Chorus 1
    Because 
    you 
    can't 
    starve 
    us 
    out 

    and 
    you 
    can't 
    make 
    us 
    run 

    'Cause 
    we're 
    them 
    old 
    boys 

    raised 
    on 
    shotguns 

    We 
    say 
    grace, 
    and 
    we 
    say 
    ma'am 

    If 
    you 
    ain't 
    into 
    that, 
    we 
    don't 
    give 
    damn 

    Verse 4
    We 
    came 
    from 
    the 
    West 
    Vir
    ginia 
    coal 
    mines 

    And 
    the 
    Rocky 
    Mountains 

    and 
    the 
    western 
    skies 

    And 
    we 
    can 
    skin 
    buck, 

    we 
    can 
    run 
    trotline 

    And 
    country 
    boy 
    can 
    sur
    vive, 

    country 
    folks 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    Verse 5
    had 
    friend 
    in 
    New 
    York 
    City 

    He 
    never 
    called 
    me 
    by 
    my 
    name, 

    just 
    "Hillbilly" 

    My 
    grandpa 
    taught 
    me 
    how 
    to 
    live 
    off 
    the 
    land 

    And 
    his 
    taught 
    him 

    to 
    be 
    businessman 

    Verse 6
    He 
    used 
    to 
    send 
    me 
    pictures 

    of 
    the 
    Broadway 
    nights 

    And 
    I'd 
    send 
    him 

    some 
    homemade 
    wine 

    But 
    he 
    was 
    killed 
    by 
    man 

    with 
    switchblade 
    knife 

    For 
    43 
    dollars, 
    my 
    friend 
    lost 
    his 
    life 

    I'd 
    love 
    to 
    spit 
    some 
    Beech-Nut 

    in 
    that 
    dude's 
    eyes 

    Then 
    shoot 
    him 
    with 
    my 
    old 
    .45 

    'Cause 
    country 
    boy 
    can 
    sur
    vive, 

    country 
    folks 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    Chorus 2
    'Cause 
    you 
    can't 
    starve 
    us 
    out 

    and 
    you 
    can't 
    make 
    us 
    run 

    'Cause 
    we're 
    them 
    old 
    boys 

    raised 
    on 
    shotguns 

    We 
    say 
    grace, 
    and 
    we 
    say 
    ma'am 

    If 
    you 
    ain't 
    into 
    that, 
    we 
    don't 
    give 
    damn 

    Verse 7
    We're 
    from 
    north 
    California 
    and 
    south 
    Alabam' 

    And 
    little 
    towns 
    all 
    a
    round 
    this 
    land 

    And 
    we 
    can 
    skin 
    buck, 
    and 
    run 
    trotline 

    And 
    country 
    boy 
    can 
    sur
    vive, 

    country 
    folks 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    Outro 1
    country 
    boy 
    can 
    sur
    vive 

    Country 
    folks 
    can 
    sur
    vive 


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