Hank Williams - A country boy can survive

The pre^Dacher man says its the end of ^Atime And the Mississ^Gippi River shes a goin dr^Dy The int^Derest is up and the stock m^Aarkets down And you only ge^Gt mugged if you go down^D town

I live ^Dback in the woods y^Aou see My woman a^Gnd the kids and the dogs an^Dd me I got a^D shotgun a rifle and a four wh^Aeel drive And a country^G boy can sur^Avive^D Country^A folks can sur^Gvive^D

I can p^Dlow a field all day^A long I can catch c^Gatfish from dusk ti^Dll dawn We make^D our own whiskey and our own smo^Ake too Ain't too man^Gy things these ole boys ca^Dn't do We grow good ole tomatoes and homemad^Ae wine And a country^G boy can sur^Avive^D Country^A folks can sur^Gvive^D

Because you can't s^Gtarve us out and you can't m^Fake us run Cause when th^Cem ole boy raised on shot^Ggun We say grace and we say ^Fma'am If you ain't i^Cnto that we don't giv^Ge a damn

We came^D from the West Virginia ^Acoal mines And the Rocky M^Gountains and the Western^D Skies And we can skin a buck we can run a t^Arot line And a country^G boy can sur^Avive^D

Country^A folks can sur^Gvive^D I had a^D good friend in New Yor^Ak City He never c^Galled me by my name just Hi^DllBilly My GrandPa taught me to live of^Af the land And his tau^Gght him to be a busines^Ds man He used to send me pictures of the Broadwa^Ay Night And I'd sen^Gd him some homemad^De wine But he was killed by a man with a switch ^Ablade knife For forty t^Ghree dollars my friend^D lost his life I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that du^Ades eye And shoot e^Gm' with my ole 45 ^D Cause a country^A boy can sur^Gvive^D Country^A folks can sur^Gvive^D

Were fr^Dom North California and South A^Alabam And little ^Gtowns all around ^Dthis land And we can skin a buck and run a t^Arot line And a country^G boy can sur^Avive^D Country^A folks can sur^Gvive^D Country^A boy can sur^Gvive^D Country^A folks can sur^Gvive^D...........^A.....^{G D}