Chords for Hank Williams, Jr. - "A Country Boy Can Survive" (Official Music Video)

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_ [Am] _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ .
[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.
_ Yeah.
[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.
_ _ _ _ .
_ _ I had a good friend [Am] in New York City.
[G] He never called me by my [D] name, just Hillbilly.
[Dm] _ [D] _ _ _ _ .
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.
_ [G] _ .
[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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