Chords for Hank Williams Jr. - A Country Boy Can Survive
Tempo:
77.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Am
C
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Am] [Dm] [D]
[C]
[G] Mississippi River is a [D] gonna go dry.
[Am] [D] The interest is [Am] up and the stock market [Em] down and you only get [D] mugged if you go downtown.
[Dm] I live out [Am] in the woods you see, my lady [D] and friends out dog gone in.
I got a shotgun, a rifle and [Am] a four wheel drive [A] and a country boy [D] can survive.
[A] Oh, country boy [D] can survive.
[A] Say to farmer, why [D] not?
I can plow a [Am] field all day [G] long, you can catch a lot of fish [D] with a fence charger and a telephone.
We make our own whiskey and [Am] our own smoke too.
[G] Ain't too many [D] things that rough hand girls cannot [Dm] do.
[D] We grow big old tomatoes, we [Am] make something called muscadine white [D] and we can survive.
[C] Country folks can [D] survive.
[G] Oh, you can't stop us [F] now and you can't make us [C] run.
But when these old [G] boys with me granddaddies gone.
We say [F] grace and we say man, [C] if you ain't into that [G] we don't give a damn.
[F] [D] We came from the [A] West Virginia coal [G] mines, the Rocky [D] Mountains and the Louisiana sky.
We can skin a [A] buck and run a truck [G] line and country folks [D] can survive.
[G] Oh, mountain men they can get [D]
by.
I had a good [Am] friend in New [G] York City, never called [D] me by my name, called me hillbilly.
[A] [D] My grandpa [Am] taught me how to live off [G] the land, his son [D] taught him to be a business [Dm] man.
[D]
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway [G] nights.
I sent him [D] that stuff we called muscadine homemade wine.
But he got killed by [Am] a dude with a switchblade [G] knife.
For $43 [D] my friend lost his life.
[Dm] Oh, I'd love to spit [Am] some red men in that [G] dude's eyes.
Give him a full [D] clip of this Motown 45 [G] and a country boy [D] can survive.
San Diego [D] mothers can get by.
Cause [G] you can't stop a [F] town and you can't make a [C] run, women, sons, [G] bitches, that's all trained on guns.
We say grace [F] and we say man, [C] whoever ain't into that who [G] gives a damn.
[C] They came from North [Am] California and South Alabama, [G] little bitty [D] towns all over the [Dm] land.
[D] [A]
Whitten, Skinner, Mouth, run a trot [D] line, my country boy can survive.
Go get a load of coal, he can survive.
[C] Yeah, a country boy can [D] survive.
[C] Country boys can survive.
[C] [A]
[D] Country girls milk the cow all night.
[E]
[C]
[G] Mississippi River is a [D] gonna go dry.
[Am] [D] The interest is [Am] up and the stock market [Em] down and you only get [D] mugged if you go downtown.
[Dm] I live out [Am] in the woods you see, my lady [D] and friends out dog gone in.
I got a shotgun, a rifle and [Am] a four wheel drive [A] and a country boy [D] can survive.
[A] Oh, country boy [D] can survive.
[A] Say to farmer, why [D] not?
I can plow a [Am] field all day [G] long, you can catch a lot of fish [D] with a fence charger and a telephone.
We make our own whiskey and [Am] our own smoke too.
[G] Ain't too many [D] things that rough hand girls cannot [Dm] do.
[D] We grow big old tomatoes, we [Am] make something called muscadine white [D] and we can survive.
[C] Country folks can [D] survive.
[G] Oh, you can't stop us [F] now and you can't make us [C] run.
But when these old [G] boys with me granddaddies gone.
We say [F] grace and we say man, [C] if you ain't into that [G] we don't give a damn.
[F] [D] We came from the [A] West Virginia coal [G] mines, the Rocky [D] Mountains and the Louisiana sky.
We can skin a [A] buck and run a truck [G] line and country folks [D] can survive.
[G] Oh, mountain men they can get [D]
by.
I had a good [Am] friend in New [G] York City, never called [D] me by my name, called me hillbilly.
[A] [D] My grandpa [Am] taught me how to live off [G] the land, his son [D] taught him to be a business [Dm] man.
[D]
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway [G] nights.
I sent him [D] that stuff we called muscadine homemade wine.
But he got killed by [Am] a dude with a switchblade [G] knife.
For $43 [D] my friend lost his life.
[Dm] Oh, I'd love to spit [Am] some red men in that [G] dude's eyes.
Give him a full [D] clip of this Motown 45 [G] and a country boy [D] can survive.
San Diego [D] mothers can get by.
Cause [G] you can't stop a [F] town and you can't make a [C] run, women, sons, [G] bitches, that's all trained on guns.
We say grace [F] and we say man, [C] whoever ain't into that who [G] gives a damn.
[C] They came from North [Am] California and South Alabama, [G] little bitty [D] towns all over the [Dm] land.
[D] [A]
Whitten, Skinner, Mouth, run a trot [D] line, my country boy can survive.
Go get a load of coal, he can survive.
[C] Yeah, a country boy can [D] survive.
[C] Country boys can survive.
[C] [A]
[D] Country girls milk the cow all night.
[E]
Key:
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_ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] Mississippi River is a [D] gonna go dry. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [D] The interest is [Am] up and the stock market [Em] down and you only get [D] mugged if you go downtown. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] I live out [Am] in the woods you see, my lady [D] and friends out dog gone in.
_ _ _ _ I got a shotgun, a rifle and [Am] a four wheel drive [A] and a country boy [D] can survive.
[A] Oh, country boy [D] can survive.
_ [A] Say to farmer, why [D] not?
_ _ I can plow a [Am] field all day [G] long, you can catch a lot of fish [D] with a fence charger and a telephone. _ _ _ _ _
We make our own whiskey and [Am] our own smoke too.
[G] Ain't too many [D] things that rough hand girls cannot [Dm] do.
[D] _ _ _ _ We grow big old tomatoes, we [Am] make something called muscadine white [D] and we can survive.
[C] Country folks can [D] survive. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Oh, you can't stop us [F] now and you can't make us [C] run.
But when these old [G] boys with me granddaddies gone.
We say [F] grace and we say man, [C] if you ain't into that [G] we don't give a damn.
_ [F] _ [D] We came from the [A] West Virginia coal [G] mines, the Rocky [D] Mountains and the Louisiana sky. _
_ _ _ _ We can skin a [A] buck and run a truck [G] line and country folks [D] can survive.
[G] Oh, mountain men they can get [D]
by.
_ _ _ _ I had a good [Am] friend in New [G] York City, never called [D] me by my name, called me hillbilly. _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] My grandpa [Am] taught me how to live off [G] the land, his son [D] taught him to be a business [Dm] man.
_ [D] _
_ He used to send me pictures of the Broadway [G] nights.
I sent him [D] that stuff we called muscadine homemade wine. _ _ _
But he got killed by [Am] a dude with a switchblade [G] knife.
For $43 [D] my friend lost his life.
_ _ [Dm] _ Oh, I'd love to spit [Am] some red men in that [G] dude's eyes.
Give him a full [D] clip of this Motown 45 [G] and a country boy [D] can survive.
San Diego [D] mothers can get by. _
Cause _ _ [G] you can't stop a [F] town and you can't make a [C] run, women, sons, [G] bitches, that's all trained on guns.
We say grace [F] and we say man, [C] whoever ain't into that who [G] gives a damn. _ _
[C] _ They came from North [Am] California and South Alabama, [G] little bitty [D] towns all over the [Dm] land.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _
Whitten, Skinner, Mouth, run a trot [D] line, my country boy can survive.
Go get a load of coal, he can survive.
[C] Yeah, a country boy can [D] survive.
[C] Country boys can survive.
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] Country girls milk the cow all night. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] Mississippi River is a [D] gonna go dry. _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [D] The interest is [Am] up and the stock market [Em] down and you only get [D] mugged if you go downtown. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] I live out [Am] in the woods you see, my lady [D] and friends out dog gone in.
_ _ _ _ I got a shotgun, a rifle and [Am] a four wheel drive [A] and a country boy [D] can survive.
[A] Oh, country boy [D] can survive.
_ [A] Say to farmer, why [D] not?
_ _ I can plow a [Am] field all day [G] long, you can catch a lot of fish [D] with a fence charger and a telephone. _ _ _ _ _
We make our own whiskey and [Am] our own smoke too.
[G] Ain't too many [D] things that rough hand girls cannot [Dm] do.
[D] _ _ _ _ We grow big old tomatoes, we [Am] make something called muscadine white [D] and we can survive.
[C] Country folks can [D] survive. _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Oh, you can't stop us [F] now and you can't make us [C] run.
But when these old [G] boys with me granddaddies gone.
We say [F] grace and we say man, [C] if you ain't into that [G] we don't give a damn.
_ [F] _ [D] We came from the [A] West Virginia coal [G] mines, the Rocky [D] Mountains and the Louisiana sky. _
_ _ _ _ We can skin a [A] buck and run a truck [G] line and country folks [D] can survive.
[G] Oh, mountain men they can get [D]
by.
_ _ _ _ I had a good [Am] friend in New [G] York City, never called [D] me by my name, called me hillbilly. _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] My grandpa [Am] taught me how to live off [G] the land, his son [D] taught him to be a business [Dm] man.
_ [D] _
_ He used to send me pictures of the Broadway [G] nights.
I sent him [D] that stuff we called muscadine homemade wine. _ _ _
But he got killed by [Am] a dude with a switchblade [G] knife.
For $43 [D] my friend lost his life.
_ _ [Dm] _ Oh, I'd love to spit [Am] some red men in that [G] dude's eyes.
Give him a full [D] clip of this Motown 45 [G] and a country boy [D] can survive.
San Diego [D] mothers can get by. _
Cause _ _ [G] you can't stop a [F] town and you can't make a [C] run, women, sons, [G] bitches, that's all trained on guns.
We say grace [F] and we say man, [C] whoever ain't into that who [G] gives a damn. _ _
[C] _ They came from North [Am] California and South Alabama, [G] little bitty [D] towns all over the [Dm] land.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _
Whitten, Skinner, Mouth, run a trot [D] line, my country boy can survive.
Go get a load of coal, he can survive.
[C] Yeah, a country boy can [D] survive.
[C] Country boys can survive.
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
[D] Country girls milk the cow all night. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _