Hank Williams – Country Boy Can Survive chords
Chords:
For the intro just play D-Am7-then play D on the 5th and 6th fret and slide back down to 2nd and 3rd.D Am7 The preacher man says its the end of timeG D And the Mississippi River shes a goin dryD Am7 The interest is up and the stock markets downG D And you only get mugged if you go down townD Am7 I live back in the woods you seeG D My woman and the kids and the dogs and meD Am7 I got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel driveG Am7 D And a country boy can surviveAm7 G D Country folks can surviveD Am7 I can plow a field all day longG D I can catch catfish from dusk till dawnD Am7 We make our own whiskey and our own smoke tooG D Ain't too many things these ole boys can't doAm7 We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wineG Am7 D And a country boy can surviveAm7 G D Country folks can surviveChorusG F Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us runC G Cause when them ole boy raised on shotgunF We say grace and we say ma'amC G If you ain't into that we don't give a damnD Am7 We came from the West Virginia coal minesG D And the Rocky Mountains and the Western SkiesAm7 And we can skin a buck we can run a trot lineG Am7 D And a country boy can surviveAm7 G D Country folks can surviveD Am7 I had a good friend in New York CityG D He never called me by my name just HillBillyAm7 My GrandPa taught me to live off the landG D And his taught him to be a business manAm7 He used to send me pictures of the Broadway NightG D And I'd send him some homemade wineAm7 But he was killed by a man with a switch blade knifeG D For forty three dollars my friend lost his lifeAm7 I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dudes eyeG D And shoot em' with my ole 45Am7 G D Cause a country boy can surviveAm7 G D Country folks can surviveChorus..................D Am7 Were from North California and South AlabamG D And little towns all around this landAm7 And we can skin a buck and run a trot lineG Am7 D And a country boy can surviveAm7 G D Country folks can surviveAm7 G D Country boy can surviveAm7 G D Am7D Country folks can survive................