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