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

1981Country2.9K views

Key: D major•

Intro 1

D

D

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Am7

Am7

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C/D

C/D

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D

D

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Verse 1

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D

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Am7

Am7

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The preacher man says it's the end of time

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C

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And the Mississippi River,

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D

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she's a-goin' dry

The interest is up

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and the stock market's down

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C

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And you only get mugged

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D

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if you go downtown

Verse 2

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Am7

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I live back in the woods, you see

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C

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My woman and the kids

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and the dogs and me

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I got a shotgun, a rifle and a 4-wheel drive

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G

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A

A

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D

D

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And a country boy can survive,

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C

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G

G

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D

D

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country folks can survive

Verse 3

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Am7

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I can plow a field all day long

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C

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D

D

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I can catch catfish from dusk 'til dawn

We make our own whiskey

Am7

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and our own smoke too

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C

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Ain't too many things

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D

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these old boys can't do

We grow good ol' tomatoes

Am7

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and homemade wine

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G

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A

A

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D

D

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And a country boy can survive,

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C

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G

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D

D

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country folks can survive

Chorus 1

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G

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Because you can't starve us out

G/F

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and you can't make us run

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C

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'Cause we're them old boys

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raised on shotguns

G/F

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We say grace, and we say ma'am

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C

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

Verse 4

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We came from the West Virginia coal mines

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C

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And the Rocky Mountains

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and the western skies

And we can skin a buck,

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we can run a trotline

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G

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A

A

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D

D

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And a country boy can survive,

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C

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D

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country folks can survive

Verse 5

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Am7

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I had a friend in New York City

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C

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He never called me by my name,

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just "Hillbilly"

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My grandpa taught me how to live off the land

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And his taught him

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to be a businessman

Verse 6

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He used to send me pictures

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of the Broadway nights

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And I'd send him

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some homemade wine

But he was killed by a man

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with a switchblade knife

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For 43 dollars, my friend lost his life

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I'd love to spit some Beech-Nut

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in that dude's eyes

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D

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Then shoot him with my old .45

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A

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'Cause a country boy can survive,

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D

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country folks can survive

Chorus 2

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'Cause you can't starve us out

G/F

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and you can't make us run

C

C

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'Cause we're them old boys

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G

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raised on shotguns

G/F

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We say grace, and we say ma'am

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

Verse 7

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Am7

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We're from north California and south Alabam'

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And little towns all around this land

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And we can skin a buck, and run a trotline

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A

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D

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And a country boy can survive,

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D

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country folks can survive

Outro 1

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D

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A country boy can survive

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D

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Country folks can survive

Am7

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G

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D

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