A Country Boy Can Survive Chords by Hank Williams Jr
Tempo:
81.65 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Am
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [Am] [F] [D]
[D] The grocery man [Am] says it's the end of [G] time, and the Mississippi River, [D] she's a-goin' dry.
The interest is up and [Am] the stock market down, [G] and you're only gettin' [D] mugged if you go downtown.
I [Am] live back in the woods, you see, [G] a woman and the [D] kids and the dogs and me.
I got a shotgun, a [Am] rifle, and a four-wheel [G] drive, and a [A] country boy can [D] survive.
[C] Country [G] folks can [D] survive.
I can plow a field [Am] all day [G] long, I can catch [D] catfish from dusk till dawn.
We make our own [Am] whiskey and our own smoke [G] too, ain't too many [D] things these old boys can't do.
[B] [D] We grow good old tomatoes and homemade [G] wine, and country [A] boy can [D] survive.
[G] Country folks [D] can survive.
Because [G] you can't starve us out [F] and you can't make us [C] run, those wooden [G] mowin' boys, brave, don't shot guns.
We say [F] grace, we say man, [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.
And we can skin a buck, we [Am] can run a trot line, [G] and a country [A] boy [D] can survive.
[C] [G] Country folks [D] can survive.
I had a good friend in [Am] New York [G] City, 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.
[B] [D]
He used to send me pictures [A] of the Broadway nights, [G] and I'd send him [D] some homemade wine.
But he was killed by a man [A] with a switchblade [G] knife, for $43 [D] my friend lost his life.
I'd love to spit some [Am] beach nut in that dude's [G] eyes, and shoot him with my old [D] .45,
[G] cause a country [Am] boy can survive.
[D] Country folks [Dm] can survive.
[D]
[G] Because you can't starve us out [F] and you can't make us [C] run, those wooden mowin' [G] boys, brave, don't shot guns.
We pay [F] grades and we pay men, [C] if you ain't into that, [G] don't give a damn.
[C] [D] We're from North California [Am] and South Alabama, [G] and little towns [D] all around this [Dm] land.
[D] And we can skin a buck, [Am] and run a trot line, [G] and a country [D] boy can survive.
Country folks [G] can survive.
[D] Country boy can survive.
Country folks can survive.
[G] [F] [D]
[D] The grocery man [Am] says it's the end of [G] time, and the Mississippi River, [D] she's a-goin' dry.
The interest is up and [Am] the stock market down, [G] and you're only gettin' [D] mugged if you go downtown.
I [Am] live back in the woods, you see, [G] a woman and the [D] kids and the dogs and me.
I got a shotgun, a [Am] rifle, and a four-wheel [G] drive, and a [A] country boy can [D] survive.
[C] Country [G] folks can [D] survive.
I can plow a field [Am] all day [G] long, I can catch [D] catfish from dusk till dawn.
We make our own [Am] whiskey and our own smoke [G] too, ain't too many [D] things these old boys can't do.
[B] [D] We grow good old tomatoes and homemade [G] wine, and country [A] boy can [D] survive.
[G] Country folks [D] can survive.
Because [G] you can't starve us out [F] and you can't make us [C] run, those wooden [G] mowin' boys, brave, don't shot guns.
We say [F] grace, we say man, [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.
And we can skin a buck, we [Am] can run a trot line, [G] and a country [A] boy [D] can survive.
[C] [G] Country folks [D] can survive.
I had a good friend in [Am] New York [G] City, 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.
[B] [D]
He used to send me pictures [A] of the Broadway nights, [G] and I'd send him [D] some homemade wine.
But he was killed by a man [A] with a switchblade [G] knife, for $43 [D] my friend lost his life.
I'd love to spit some [Am] beach nut in that dude's [G] eyes, and shoot him with my old [D] .45,
[G] cause a country [Am] boy can survive.
[D] Country folks [Dm] can survive.
[D]
[G] Because you can't starve us out [F] and you can't make us [C] run, those wooden mowin' [G] boys, brave, don't shot guns.
We pay [F] grades and we pay men, [C] if you ain't into that, [G] don't give a damn.
[C] [D] We're from North California [Am] and South Alabama, [G] and little towns [D] all around this [Dm] land.
[D] And we can skin a buck, [Am] and run a trot line, [G] and a country [D] boy can survive.
Country folks [G] can survive.
[D] Country boy can survive.
Country folks can survive.
[G] [F] [D]
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[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [D] _ The grocery man [Am] says it's the end of [G] time, and the Mississippi River, [D] she's a-goin' dry. _ _
_ _ _ The interest is up and [Am] the stock market down, [G] and you're only gettin' [D] mugged if you go downtown. _ _ _
_ _ _ I [Am] live back in the woods, you see, [G] a woman and the [D] kids and the dogs and me.
I _ _ _ got a shotgun, a [Am] rifle, and a four-wheel [G] drive, and a [A] country boy can [D] survive.
[C] Country [G] folks can [D] survive. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I can plow a field [Am] all day [G] long, I can catch [D] catfish from dusk till dawn.
_ _ _ _ _ We make our own [Am] whiskey and our own smoke [G] too, ain't too many [D] things these old boys can't do.
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ We grow good old tomatoes and homemade [G] wine, and country [A] boy can [D] survive.
[G] Country folks [D] can survive. _ _ _ _ _
Because [G] you can't starve us out [F] and you can't make us [C] run, those wooden [G] mowin' boys, brave, don't shot guns.
_ We say [F] grace, we say man, [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. _ _ _ _ _
And we can skin a buck, we [Am] can run a trot line, [G] and a country [A] boy [D] can survive.
[C] [G] Country folks [D] can survive. _ _ _ _
_ _ I had a good friend in [Am] New York [G] City, 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.
_ [B] _ [D] _ _ _
He used to send me pictures [A] of the Broadway nights, [G] and I'd send him [D] some homemade wine. _ _ _ _
But he was killed by a man [A] with a switchblade [G] knife, for $43 [D] my friend lost his life. _ _ _ _ _
I'd love to spit some [Am] beach nut in that dude's [G] eyes, and shoot him with my old [D] .45,
[G] cause a country [Am] boy can survive.
[D] Country folks [Dm] can survive.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] Because you can't starve us out [F] and you can't make us [C] run, those wooden mowin' [G] boys, brave, don't shot guns.
_ We pay [F] grades and we pay men, [C] if you ain't into that, [G] don't give a damn.
_ _ [C] [D] We're from North California [Am] and South Alabama, [G] and little towns [D] all around this [Dm] land.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ And we can skin a buck, [Am] and run a trot line, [G] and a country [D] boy can survive.
Country folks [G] can survive.
[D] Country boy can survive.
Country folks can survive.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ The grocery man [Am] says it's the end of [G] time, and the Mississippi River, [D] she's a-goin' dry. _ _
_ _ _ The interest is up and [Am] the stock market down, [G] and you're only gettin' [D] mugged if you go downtown. _ _ _
_ _ _ I [Am] live back in the woods, you see, [G] a woman and the [D] kids and the dogs and me.
I _ _ _ got a shotgun, a [Am] rifle, and a four-wheel [G] drive, and a [A] country boy can [D] survive.
[C] Country [G] folks can [D] survive. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I can plow a field [Am] all day [G] long, I can catch [D] catfish from dusk till dawn.
_ _ _ _ _ We make our own [Am] whiskey and our own smoke [G] too, ain't too many [D] things these old boys can't do.
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ We grow good old tomatoes and homemade [G] wine, and country [A] boy can [D] survive.
[G] Country folks [D] can survive. _ _ _ _ _
Because [G] you can't starve us out [F] and you can't make us [C] run, those wooden [G] mowin' boys, brave, don't shot guns.
_ We say [F] grace, we say man, [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. _ _ _ _ _
And we can skin a buck, we [Am] can run a trot line, [G] and a country [A] boy [D] can survive.
[C] [G] Country folks [D] can survive. _ _ _ _
_ _ I had a good friend in [Am] New York [G] City, 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.
_ [B] _ [D] _ _ _
He used to send me pictures [A] of the Broadway nights, [G] and I'd send him [D] some homemade wine. _ _ _ _
But he was killed by a man [A] with a switchblade [G] knife, for $43 [D] my friend lost his life. _ _ _ _ _
I'd love to spit some [Am] beach nut in that dude's [G] eyes, and shoot him with my old [D] .45,
[G] cause a country [Am] boy can survive.
[D] Country folks [Dm] can survive.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[G] Because you can't starve us out [F] and you can't make us [C] run, those wooden mowin' [G] boys, brave, don't shot guns.
_ We pay [F] grades and we pay men, [C] if you ain't into that, [G] don't give a damn.
_ _ [C] [D] We're from North California [Am] and South Alabama, [G] and little towns [D] all around this [Dm] land.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ And we can skin a buck, [Am] and run a trot line, [G] and a country [D] boy can survive.
Country folks [G] can survive.
[D] Country boy can survive.
Country folks can survive.
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
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