Hank Williams - Country Boy Can Survive

for the intro just play D – Am7 – then play D on the 5th and 6th fret and slide back down to
2nd and 3rd .

D Am7
the preacher man says its the end of time
G D
and the mississippi river shes a goin dry
D Am7
the interest is up and the stock markets down
G D
and you only get mugged if you go down town

D Am7
i live back in the woods you see
G D
my woman and the kids and the dogs and me
D Am7
i got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive
G Am7 D
and a country boy can survive
Am7 G D
country folks can survive

D Am7
i can plow a field all day long
G D
i can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
D Am7
we make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
G D
ain’t too many things these ole boys can’t do
Am7
we grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
G Am7 D
and a country boy can survive
Am7 G D
country folks can survive

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
F
we say grace and we say ma’am
C G
if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn

D Am7
we came from the west virginia coal mines
G D
and the rocky mountains and the western skies
Am7
and we can skin a buck we can run a trot line
G Am7 D
and a country boy can survive

Am7 G D
country folks can survive
D Am7
i had a good friend in new york city
G D
he never called me by my name just hillbilly
Am7
my grandpa taught me to live off the land
G D
and his taught him to be a business man
Am7
he used to send me pictures of the broadway night
G D
and i’d send him some homemade wine
Am7
but he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife
G D
for forty three dollars my friend lost his life
Am7
i’d love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eye
G D
and shoot em’ with my ole 45
Am7 G D
cause a country boy can survive
Am7 G D
country folks can survive

chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

D Am7
were from north california and south alabam
G D
and little towns all around this land
Am7
and we can skin a buck and run a trot line
G Am7 D
and a country boy can survive
Am7 G D
country folks can survive
Am7 G D
country boy can survive
Am7 G D Am7
D
country folks can survive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .