A Country Boy Can Survive chords by Hank Williams, Jr.
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Intro 1
(D major) (A minor) (C major) (D major)
Verse 1
The (D major) preacher man says it's the (A minor) end of time
And the (C major) Mississippi River,
she's a- (D major) goin' dry
The interest is up
and the (A minor) stock market's down
And you (C major) only get mugged
if you (D major) go downtown
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Verse 2
(D major) I live back in the (A minor) woods, you see
My (C major) woman and the kids
and the (D major) dogs and me
I got a shotgun, a rifle and a (A minor) 4-wheel drive
And a (G major) country boy (A major) can survive, (D major)
(C major) country folks (G major) can survive (D major)
Verse 3
(D major) I can plow a field all (A minor) day long
I can (C major) catch catfish from (D major) dusk 'til dawn
We make our own whiskey
and our (A minor) own smoke too
Ain't (C major) too many things
these old (D major) boys can't do
We grow good ol' tomatoes
and (A minor) homemade wine
And a (G major) country boy (A major) can survive, (D major)
(C major) country folks (G major) can survive (D major)
Chorus 1
Because you (G major) can't starve us out
and you (F major) can't make us run
'Cause (C major) we're them old boys
raised (G major) on shotguns
We say grace, and (F major) we say ma'am
If you (C major) ain't into that, we don't (G major) give a damn
Verse 4
We came (D major) from the West Virginia (A minor) coal mines
And the (C major) Rocky Mountains
and the (D major) western skies
And we can skin a buck,
we can (A minor) run a trotline
And a (G major) country boy (A major) can survive, (D major)
(C major) country folks (G major) can survive (D major)
Verse 5
I (D major) had a friend in (A minor) New York City
He (C major) never called me by my name,
(D major) just "Hillbilly"
My grandpa taught me how to (A minor) live off the land
And (C major) his taught him
to be a (D major) businessman
Verse 6
He used to (D major) send me pictures
of the (A minor) Broadway nights
And (C major) I'd send him
some (D major) homemade wine
But he was killed by a man
with a (A minor) switchblade knife
For (C major) 43 dollars, my friend (D major) lost his life
I'd (D major) love to spit some Beech-Nut
in (A minor) that dude's eyes
Then (C major) shoot him with my old (D major) .45
'Cause a (G major) country boy (A major) can survive, (D major)
(C major) country folks (G major) can survive (D major)
Chorus 2
'Cause you (G major) can't starve us out
and you (F major) can't make us run
'Cause (C major) we're them old boys
raised (G major) on shotguns
We say grace, and (F major) we say ma'am
If you (C major) ain't into that, we don't (G major) give a damn
Verse 7
We're from (D major) north California and (A minor) south Alabam'
And (C major) little towns all around (D major) this land
And we can skin a buck, and (A minor) run a trotline
And a (G major) country boy (A major) can survive, (D major)
(C major) country folks (G major) can survive (D major)
Outro 1
A (C major) country boy (G major) can survive (D major)
(C major) Country folks (G major) can survive (D major)
(A minor) (G major) (D major)
A Country Boy Can Survive
Hank Williams, Jr.
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