Key: D
Introduction:
D Am
The preacher man says its the end of time D ---0--
G D A D
And the Mississippi River shes a goin dry E ------
D Am
The interest is up and the stock markets down D ---0--
G D A D
And you only get mugged if you go down town E ------
D Am
I live back in the woods you see D ---0--
G D A D
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me E ------
D Am
I got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive
G Am D
And a country boy can survive
Am G D
Country folks can survive
D Am
I can plow a field all day long D ---0--
G D A D
I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn E ------
D Am
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too D ---0--
G D A D
Ain' t too many things these ole boys can' t do E ------
D Am
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
G Am D
And a country boy can survive
Am G D
Country folks can survive
G F
Because you can' t starve us out and you can' t make us run
C G
Cause when them ole boy raised on shotgun
G F
We say grace and we say ma' am
C G
If you ain' t into that we don' t give a damn
D Am
We came from the West Virginia coal mines D ---0--
G D A D
And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies E ------
D Am
And we can skin a buck we can run a trot line
G Am D
And a country boy can survive
Am G D
Country folks can survive
D Am
I had a good friend in New York City D ---0--
G D A D
He never called me by my name just HillBilly E ------
D Am
My GrandPa taught me to live off the land D ---0--
G D A D
And his taught him to be a business man E ------
D Am
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Night D ---0--
G D A D
And I' d send him some homemade wine E ------
D Am
But he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife D ---0--
G D A D
For forty three dollars my friend lost his life E ------
D Am
I' d love to spit some Beechnut in that dudes eye
G D
And shoot em' with my ole 45
G Am D
Cause a country boy can survive
Am G D
Country folks can survive
G F
Because you can' t starve us out and you can' t make us run
C G
Cause when them ole boy raised on shotgun
G F
We say grace and we say ma' am
C G
If you ain' t into that we don' t give a damn
D Am
Were from North California and South Alabam
G D
And little towns all around this land
D Am
And we can skin a buck and run a trot line
G Am D
And a country boy can survive
Am G D
Country folks can survive