A Country Boy Can Survive Written and recorded by Hank Williams Jr.

^GThe preacher man says its the ^Dmend of time And the ^CMississippi River she’s ^Ga going dry

The ^Ginterest is up and the ^Dmstock markets down And you ^Conly get mugged if you ^Ggo down town

^GI live back in the ^Dmwoods you see My ^Cwoman and the kids and the ^Gdogs and me

^GI got a shotgun rifle and a four wheel drive And a ^Ccountry boy ^Dmcan sur^Gvive

^DmCountry folks ^Ccan sur^Gvive

I^G can plow a field ^Dmall day long I can ^Ccatch catfish from ^Gdusk till dawn

We make ^Gour own whiskey and our ^Dmown smoke too Ain't ^Ctoo many things these ole ^Gboys can't do

We grow ^Ggood ole tomatoes and ^Dmhomemade wine And a ^Ccountry boy ^Dmcan sur^Gvive

^DmCountry folks ^Ccan sur^Gvive

Because you ^Ccan't starve us out and you ^A#can't make us run Cause ^Fwhen them ole boy raised ^Con shotgun

W^Ce say grace and ^A#we say ma'am If you ^Fain't into that we ^Cdon't give a damn

^CWe came from the West ^DmVirginia coal mines And the ^CRocky Mountains and the ^Gwestern skies

And ^Gwe can skin a buck we can ^Dmrun a trot line And a ^Ccountry boy ^Dmcan sur^Gvive

^DmCountry folks ^Ccan sur^Gvive

^GI had a good friend in ^DmNew York City He ^Cnever called me by my name ^Gjust Hillbilly

My ^GGrandPa taught me to ^Dmlive off the land And ^Chis taught him to be a ^Gbusiness man

H^Ge used to send me pictures of the ^DmBroadway Night And ^CI'd send him some ^Ghomemade wine

But ^Ghe was killed by a man with a ^Dmswitch blade knife For ^Cforty three dollars my ^Gfriend lost his life

^GI'd love to spit some Beechnut in ^Dmthat dudes eye And ^Cshoot em' with my ole ^G45

Cause a ^Dmcountry boy ^Ccan sur^Gvive ^DmCountry folks ^Ccan sur^Gvive

Be^Gcause you can't ^Cstarve us out and you can't ^A#make us run Cause ^Fwhen them ole boy raised ^Con shotgun

We say grace and ^A#we say ma'am If you ^Fain't into that we ^Cdon't give a damn

Were ^Cfrom North California and ^DmSouth Alabam And ^Clittle towns all ^Garound this land

^GAnd we can skin a buck and ^Dmrun a trot line And a ^Ccountry boy ^Dmcan sur^Gvive

^DmCountry folks ^Ccan sur^Gvive ^DmCountry boy ^Ccan sur^Gvive

^DmCountry folks ^Ccan sur^Gvive

Hank Williams Jr. - A country boy can survive