Subject: Country Boy Can Survive -- Hank Williams Jr Country Boy Can Survive -- Hank Williams Jr. Transcribed by: Skip (Damn Skippy) otsi@ix.netcom.com This is the way I play the intro. D Am7 G D |----------------------| D |----------------------| |----------------------| |--3p2p0---------------| |--------3p2p0-----0---| |--------------2h4-----| I don't know how to write the riffs that are added during the song. Some are hammer on and pull offs on the 4th & 5th string while strumming the D chord. Verse

The pr^Deacher man says its the end of^Am7 time And the Missis^Gsippi River shes a goin d^Dry The in^Dterest is up and the stock ^Am7markets down And you only g^Get mugged if you go dow^Dn town

I live^D back in the woods ^Am7you see My woman ^Gand the kids and the dogs a^Dnd me I got ^Da shotgun a rifle and a four w^Am7heel drive And a countr^Gy boy can su^Am7rviv^De Countr^Am7y folks can su^Grviv^De

I can ^Dplow a field all da^Am7y long I can catch ^Gcatfish from dusk t^Dill dawn We mak^De our own whiskey and our own sm^Am7oke too Ain't too ma^Gny things these ole boys c^Dan't do We grow good ole tomatoes and homema^Am7de wine And a countr^Gy boy can su^Am7rviv^De Countr^Am7y folks can su^Grviv^De

Chorus

Because you can't ^Gstarve us out and you can't ^Fmake us run Cause when t^Chem ole boy raised on sho^Gtgun We say grace and we say^F ma'am C G (riff) If you ain't into that we don't give a damn

Verse

We cam^De from the West Virginia^Am7 coal mines And the Rocky ^GMountains and the Wester^Dn Skies And we can skin a buck we can run a ^Am7trot line And a countr^Gy boy can su^Am7rviv^De Countr^Am7y folks can su^Grviv^De

I had ^Da good friend in New Yo^Am7rk City He never ^Gcalled me by my name just H^DillBilly My GrandPa taught me to live o^Am7ff the land And his ta^Gught him to be a busine^Dss man He used to send me pictures of the Broadw^Am7ay Night And I'd se^Gnd him some homema^Dde wine But he was killed by a man with a switch^Am7 blade knife For forty ^Gthree dollars my friend^D lost his life I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that d^Am7udes eye And shoot ^Gem' with my ole 45 ^D Cause a countr^Am7y boy can su^Grviv^De Countr^Am7y folks can su^Grviv^De

Chorus.................. Verse

Were f^Drom North California and South ^Am7Alabam And little^G towns all around^D this land And we can skin a buck and run a ^Am7trot line And a countr^Gy boy can su^Am7rviv^De Countr^Am7y folks can su^Grviv^De Countr^Am7y boy can su^Grviv^De Countr^Am7y folks can su^Grviv^De..........^Am7.... ^G ^D

Hank Williams - Country boy can survive