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Intro
Riff 1
E|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|--------------------| D|-3p2p0--------------| A|-------3p2p0-----0--| D|-------------2b-----|
Verse 1
The preacher man says it's the end of time D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
And the Mississippi River she's a-goin' dry D|------|
The interest is up and the stock market's down D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
And you only get mugged if you go down town D|------|
I live back in the woods, you see D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me D|------|
I got a shotgun, a rifle and a four wheel drive
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Verse 2
I can plow a field all day long D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn D|------|
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do D|------|
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Pre-Chorus
Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run
'Cause we're them ole boys raised on shotguns
We say grace and we say ma'am
If you ain't into that we don't give a damn
Riff 1
E|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|--------------------| D|-3p2p0--------------| A|-------3p2p0-----0--| D|-------------2b-----|
Chorus
We came from the West Virginia coal mines D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies D|------|
And we can skin a buck, we can run a trot line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Verse
I had a good friend in New York City D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
He never called me by my name, just Hillbilly D|------|
My Grandpa taught me to live off the land D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
And his taught him to be a business man D|------|
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Night D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
And I'd send him some homemade wine D|------|
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife D|---0--|
G D A|-3----| D (x2)
For forty three dollars my friend lost his life D|------|
I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dude's eyes
And shoot him with my ole .45
'Cause a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
Pre-Chorus
Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run
'Cause we're them ole boys raised on shotguns
We say grace and we say ma'am
If you ain't into that we don't give a damn
Riff 2
E|----------------------------| B|----------------------------| G|-3p2p0----------------------| D|-------3p2p0-----0----------| A|-------------2h3---2p0------| D|-----------------------2b-0-|
Chorus
We're from North California and South Alabam'
And little towns all around this land
And we can skin a buck and run a trot line
And a country boy can survive
Country folks can survive
(Repeat and Fade)
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
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