A Country Boy Can Survive chords

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F _ D _ The preacher man says it's Am the end of G time, and the Mississippi River, she's D a-goin' dry.
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The interest is up and Am the stock market's down, and G you're only gettin' mugged D if you go downtown.
_ _ _ _ _ I live back Am in the woods, you see, G a woman and the kids D and the dogs and me.
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I _ _ got a shotgun, a rifle, Am and a four-wheel G drive, and a country A boy can D survive.
C Country G folks can D survive.
_ _ _ _ _ _ I can plow a Am field all day long.
G I can catch catfish D from dusk till dawn.
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C _ D We make our own Am whiskey and our own smoke, too.
G Ain't too many things D these old boys can't do.
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_ We grow good old tomatoes and homemade G wine, and a country A boy can D survive.
G Country folks D can survive.
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_ _ _ _ G Because you can't starve us F out and you can't make us run, C those wounded old boys G raised on shotguns.
We say F grace and we say ma'am, C if you ain't into that, G well, don't give a damn.
_ _ D We came from the West Am Virginia coal mines G and the Rocky Mountains D and the western skies.
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And we can skin a buck, we Am can run a G trot line, A and a country boy can D survive.
C Country G folks can D survive.
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_ _ I had a good friend Am in New York City.
G He never called me by my D name, just Hillbilly.
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My grandpa A taught me how to live off the land, G and his taught him to D be a businessman.
_ _ _ _ He used to send me pictures Am of the Broadway night, G and I'd send him D some homemade wine.
_ But _ he was killed by a man Am with a switchblade knife.
G For 43, D my friend lost his life.
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C _ _ D I'd love to spit some beats, Am nothing that too tight.
G But shooting with my D old .
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G cause a country A boy can D survive.
G Country folks can D survive.
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G Cause you can't starve us out and F you can't make C us run, cause wounded old boys G raised on shotguns.
We say F grace and we say C ma'am, if you ain't into G that, well, don't give a damn.
_ _ D We're from North California Am and South G Alabama and little D towns all around this Dm land.
D _ _ _ _ We can skin a buck Am and run a trot G line, and a country boy A can D survive.
G Country folks can D survive.
G Country boy can D survive.
C Country G folks can D survive.
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