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A Country Boy Can Survive by Hank Williams Jr. - Guitar Chords
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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
[Verse]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
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
[Chorus]
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)
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We also have 13 songs by Hank Williams Jr.
- A Country Boy Can Survive
- Aint Misbehavin
- All My Rowdy Friends Have Settled Down
- Come And Go Blues
- Country State Of Mind
- Dinosaur
- Family Tradition
- Odd In Denver
- Outlaw Women
- Outlaws Reward
- The Conversation
- Weatherman
- Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound
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