Hank Williams Jr. - A country boy can survive

^GThe preacher man says its the ^Dmend of time And the ^CMississippi River she's a ^Ggoing dry The interest is up and the ^Dmstock markets down And you ^Conly get mugged if you ^Ggo down town

I live back in the ^Dmwoods you see My ^Cwoman and the kids and the ^Gdogs and me I got a shotgun a rifle and a ^Dmfour wheel drive And a ^Ccountry boy ^Dmcan sur^Gvive ^DmCountry folks ^Ccan sur^Gvive

I can plow a field ^Dmall day long I can ^Ccatch catfish from ^Gdusk till dawn We make our own whiskey and our ^Dmown smoke too Ain't ^Ctoo many things these ole ^Gboys can't do We grow good 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 We say grace and ^A#we say ma'am If you ^Fain't into that we ^Cdon't give a damn

We came from the West ^DmVirginia coal mines And the ^CRocky Mountains and the ^Gwestern skies And we can skin a buck we can ^Dmrun a trot line And a ^Ccountry boy ^Dmcan sur^Gvive ^DmCountry folks ^Ccan sur^Gvive

I had a good friend in ^DmNew York City He ^Cnever called me by my name ^Gjust Hillbilly My GrandPa taught me to ^Dmlive off the land And ^Chis taught him to be a ^Gbusiness man

He used to send me pictures of the ^DmBroadway Night And ^CI'd send him some ^Ghomemade wine But he was killed by a man with a ^Dmswitch blade knife For ^Cforty three dollars my ^Gfriend lost his life

I'd love to spit some Beechnut in ^Dmthat dudes eye And ^Cshoot em' with my ole ^G Cause a ^Dmcountry boy ^Ccan sur^Gvive ^DmCountry folks ^Ccan sur^Gvive

Because 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 from North California and ^DmSouth Alabam And ^Clittle towns all ^Garound this land And 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