Hank Williams - Country boy can survive

The pre^Dacher man s^Am7ays its the end of time And the Mississ^Gippi River shes a goin dr^Dy The int^Derest is up and the stock m^Am7arkets down And you only ge^Gt mugged if you go down^D town

I live ^Dback in the woods y^Am7ou see My woman a^Gnd the kids and the dogs an^Dd me I got a^D shotgun a rifle and a four wh^Am7eel drive And a country^G boy can sur^Am7vive ^D Country^Am7 folks can survi^Gve ^D

I can p^Dlow a field all day^Am7 long I can catch c^Gatfish from dusk ti^Dll dawn We make^D our own whiskey and our own smo^Am7ke too Ain't too man^Gy things these ole boys ca^Dn't do We grow good ole tomatoes and homemad^Am7e wine And a country^G boy can sur^Am7vive ^D Country^Am7 folks can survi^Gve ^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 ^Am7coal mines And the Rocky M^Gountains and the Western^D Skies And we can skin a buck we can run a t^Am7rot line And a country^G boy can sur^Am7vive ^D

Country^Am7 folks can survi^Gve ^D I had a^D good friend in New Yor^Am7k City He never c^Galled me by my name just Hi^DllBilly My GrandPa taught me to live of^Am7f the land And his tau^Gght him to be a busines^Ds man He used to send me pictures of the Broadwa^Am7y Night And I'd sen^Gd him some homemad^De wine But he was killed by a man with a switch ^Am7blade knife For forty t^Ghree dollars my friend^D lost his life I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that du^Am7des eye And shoot e^Gm' with my ole 45 ^D Cause a country^Am7 boy can survi^Gve ^D Country^Am7 folks can survi^Gve ^D

Were fr^Dom North California and South A^Am7labam And little ^Gtowns all around ^Dthis land And we can skin a buck and run a t^Am7rot line And a country^G boy can sur^Am7vive ^D Country^Am7 folks can survi^Gve ^D Country^Am7 boy can survi^Gve ^D Am7 G D Am7 C^Dountry folks can survive................