Hank Williams Jr. - Country boy can survive

^DThe preacher man says its^Am7 the end of time And t^Ghe Mississippi River shes^D a goin dry ^DThe interest is up and ^Am7the stock markets down And ^Gyou only get mugged if ^Dyou go down town ^D I live back in t^Am7he woods you see ^G My woman and the kids and ^Dthe dogs and me ^D I got a shotgun a rifle^Am7 and a four wheel drive An^Gd a country ^Am7boy ca^Dn survive ^Am7 Country folk^Gs can^D survive

^D I can plow a f^Am7ield all day long ^G I can catch catf^Dish from dusk till dawn ^DWe make our own whiskey and^Am7 our own smoke too Ai^Gn't too many things these ^Dole boys can't do We gr^Dow good ole tomatoes a^Am7nd homemade wine An^Gd a country ^Am7boy ca^Dn survive ^Am7Country folks^G can^D survive

Because y^Gou can't starve us out and y^Fou can't make us run Ca^Cuse when them ole boy rai^Gsed on shotgun ^G We say grace and^F we say ma'am If ^Cyou ain't into that w^Ge don't giv^De a damn

^D We came from the We^Am7st Virginia coal mines And ^Gthe Rocky Mountains and ^Dthe Western Skies ^D And we can skin a buck we^Am7 can run a trot line An^Gd a country ^Am7boy ca^Dn survive

^Am7 Country folk^Gs can^D survive I ha^Dd a good friend^Am7 in New York City ^G He never called me by my n^Dame just HillBilly ^DMy GrandPa taught me^Am7 to live off the land ^GAnd his taught him to b^De a business man He used ^Dto send me pictures of t^Am7he Broadway Night ^GAnd I'd send him so^Dme homemade wine But he ^Dwas killed by a man wit^Am7h a switch blade knife F^Gor forty three dollars ^Dmy friend lost his life I'd love^D to spit some Beechnut^Am7 in that dudes eye ^GAnd shoot em' with my ^Dole 45 Caus^Am7e a country ^Gboy c^Dan survive ^Am7 Country fo^Glks c^Dan survive

Were f^Drom North California ^Am7and South Alabam A^Gnd little towns a^Dll around this land ^DAnd we can skin a buck^Am7 and run a trot line And^G a country ^Am7boy ca^Dn survive ^Am7 Country fo^Glks c^Dan survive ^Am7 Country bo^Gy can^D survive

^D Country folks can survive