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A COUNTRY BOY CAN SURVIVE - Hank Williams Jr. Tabbed by: bengtaaron Tuning: Drop D (DADGBe) The other tabs for this song are either missing entire fills or are incomplete, which is a damn shame because it's the fills that make this song. There are definitely two guitars, but I've tried to combine them as much as possible for one. Note: the Bm#5 chord is (x20033). (Intro Chords) D Am7 Dm7 D e|--2----0----5----10----------------------| B|--3----1----6----10----------------------| G|--2----0----5----11----------------------| D|--0----2----0----0----3p2p0--------------| A|--0----0--------------------3p2p0--------| D|--0-------------------------------3h4-0--|
TheD preacher-man says its theAm7 end of time Bm#5 D And the Mississippi River she's a-goin' dry
e|--------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------| D|----------0---------0-(0)(0)-------0--------------| A|--3h5---------3h5--------------3h5---3p0----------| D|------(0)---------0----------------------3p0-3p0--|
TheD interest is up and theAm7 stock market's down Bm#5 D And you only get mugged if you go downtown
e|-----------------------------------------------| Note: Instead of the 3h5 on the A B|---------3----------3-----------3--------------| string, this pattern makes the G|----------------------2-------2----------------| fingering of two guitars much D|-----0----------0-----------0------------------| easier. But make sure not to let A|---3----------3-----------3-------3p0----------| the 3 on the A string ring, or D|-------0----------0-------------------3p0-3p0--| it will ruin the sound.
DI live back in the Am7woods, you see Bm#5 D My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
e|-------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------| D|--------0-(0)---4p0-(0)-0---------0--------------| A|--3h5-----------------------3h5-----3p0----------| D|------0-------------------------0-------3p0-3p0--|
I got a Dshotgun a rifle and a Am7four-wheel drive Bm#5 Am7 D And a country boy can survive C Bm#5 D Country folks can survive
e|-----------------------------=--------------------------------| B|------------3---------------=---------------------------------| G|------------2-------------------------------------------------| D|----------0------------0----------0---0----------0------------| A|--0-2-3--------3h5----------3h5------------3h5-----3p0--------| D|-------------------(0)----------0---0----------0-------3p0-0--|
DI can plow a field Am7all day long Bm#5 D I can catch catfish from dusk til dawn
e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|----------0----------------------| D|--------0------4-(0)----(10b12)--| A|--0h2h3------5-------------------| D|------------------0--------------|
We Dmake our own whiskey and our Am7own smoke too Bm#5 D Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do
e|-----------------------------------------| B|--5p3-------5p3--------------------------| G|------4p2-------4p2----------------------| D|--------------------3b4------------------| A|------------------------5p3-5-5-3p0------| D|------------------------------------3p0--|
We grow Dgood ole tomatoes and Am7homemade wine Bm#5 Am7 D And a country boy can survive
e|---------| B|--3p2h3--| G|---------| D|---------| A|---------| D|---------| C Bm#5 D Country folks can survive Bm#5 F Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run C Bm#5 Cause we them old boys raised on shotguns Bm#5 F We say "grace" and we say "ma'am" C Bm#5 If you ain't into that we don't give a damn e|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|---------------------| D|--3p2p0--------------| A|--------3p2p0--------| D|--------------3h4-0--|
We Dcame from the West VirAm7ginia coal mines Bm#5 D And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies
e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|------2---2h4-2--------------------| D|--2h4---4-------4p2-0-----0--------| A|----------------------3h5---3p0----| D|--------------------------------0--|
And Dwe can skin a buck we can Am7run a trot line Bm#5 Am7 D And a country boy can survive C Bm#5 D Country folks can survive
I Dhad a good friend in Am7New York City Bm#5 D He never called me by my name, just "Hillbilly"
(transcribed piano) e|---------------------------------| B|--(6br)--(6\3)-------------------| G|---------------------------------| D|---------------------------------| A|----------------3p0-3p0-3p0-3h5--| D|---------------------------------|
My DGrandpa taught me howAm7 to live off the land Bm#5 D And his taught him to be a business man
e|-------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------| G|--5p4--------------------------(7+)--| D|------5p4-3b4---0--------------------| A|------------------5p3-0--------------| D|------------------------3p0-0--------|
He used to Dsend me pictures of the Am7Broadway Night Bm#5 D And I'd send him some homemade wine
e|-------------------| B|--3p2h3-----3p2h3--| G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|-------------------| D|-------------------|
But he was Dkilled by a man with a Am7switchblade knife Bm#5 D For forty three dollars my friend lost his life
e|--------------------------| B|--------------------------| G|--(6br)-------------------| D|--------------------------| A|---------3p0-3p0-3p0-3h5--| D|--------------------------|
I'd Dlove to spit some beech nut inAm7 that dude's eyes Bm#5 D An shoot him with my old .45 Bm#5 Am7 D Cause a country boy can survive C Bm#5 D Country folks can survive
Bm#5 F Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run C Bm#5 Cause we them old boys raised on a shotgun Bm#5 F We say "grace" and we say "ma'am" C Bm#5 If you ain't into that we don't give a damn e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|--3-2-0----------------------------| D|----------3-2-0--------------------| A|-------------------3-4-5--3-0------| D|------------------------------3-0--|
Were from DNorth California and Am7South Alabam' Bm#5 D And little towns all around this land
e|--------------------------| B|---(6\3)------------------| G|--------------------------| D|--------------------------| A|---------3p0-3p0-3p0------| D|---------------------3-0--|
And Dwe can skin a buck and Am7run a trot line Bm#5 Am7 D And a country boy can survive C Bm#5 D Country folks can survive Am7 Bm#5 D Country boy can survive C Bm#5 D Am7 B#m5 D Country folks can survive