Hank Williams — Country Boy Can Survive (ver 2) Tab
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Intro
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D Am7
The preacher man says its the end of time
G D
And the Mississippi River shes a goin dry
Fill 1
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D Am7
The interest is up and the stock markets down
G D
And you only get mugged if you go down town
Fill 2
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D Am7
I live back in the woods you see
G D
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
Fill
Chorus
D Am7
I got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive
G Am7 D
And a country boy can survive
C G D
Country folks can survive
Fill
D Am7
I can plow a field all day long
G D
I can cetch catfish from dusk till dawn
Fill
D Am7
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
G D
Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do
Fill
D Am7
We grow good ole tomatas and homemade wine
G Am7 D
And a country boy can survive
C G D
Country folks can survive___
Bridge
G F
Because you cain't starve us out and you cain't make us run
C G
Cause when them ole boys raised on shotgun
G F
We say grace and we say ma'am
C G
If you ain't into that we don't give a damn
Repeat Intro Fill
D Am7
We came from the West Virginia coal mines
G D
And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies
Fill
Chorus
D Am7
And we can skin a buck we can run a trot line
G Am7 D
And a country boy can survive
C G D
Country folks can survive
Fill
D Am7
I had a good friend in New York City
G D
He never called me by my name just HillBilly
Fill
D Am7
My GrandPa taught me to live off the land
G D
And his taught him to be a bus—i—ness man
Fill
D Am7
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Nights
G D
And I'd send him some homemade wine
Fill
D Am7
But he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife
G D
For forty three dollars my friend lost his life
Fill
D Am7
I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dudes eyes
G D
An shoot 'im with my ole forty—five
G Am7 D
Cause a country boy can survive
C G D
Country folks can survive
Repeat Bridge
D Am7
Were from North California and South Alabam
G D
And little towns all around this land
Fill
Chorus
D Am7
And we can skin a buck and run a trot line
G Am7 D
And a country boy can survive
C G D
Country folks can survive
Am7 G D
Country boy can survive
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Country folks can survi____________________ve