Hank Williams Jr. – A Country Boy Can Survive (Guitar)
Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E)
Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
D D Am7 Am7
F F D D
Riff 1
E|--------------------| B|--------------------| G|--------------------| D|-3p2p0--------------| A|-------3p2p0-----0--| D|-------------2b-----|
[Verse 1]
D Am7 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|------| D Am7 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|------| D Am7 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|------| D Am7 I got a shotgun, a rifle and a four wheel drive G Am7 D And a country boy can survive Am7 G D Country folks can survive
[Verse 2]
D Am7 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|------| D Am7 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|------| D Am7 We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine G Am7 D And a country boy can survive Am7 G D Country folks can survive
[Pre-Chorus]
G F Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run C G 'Cause we're them ole boys raised on shotguns G F We say grace and we say ma'am C G 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]
D Am7 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|------| D Am7 And we can skin a buck, we can run a trot line G Am7 D And a country boy can survive Am7 G D Country folks can survive
[Verse]
D Am7 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|------| D Am7 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|------| D Am7 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|------| D Am7 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|------| D Am7 I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dude's eyes G D And shoot him with my ole .45 G Am7 D 'Cause a country boy can survive Am7 G D Country folks can survive
[Pre-Chorus]
G F Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run C G 'Cause we're them ole boys raised on shotguns G F We say grace and we say ma'am C G 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]
D Am7 We're from North California and South Alabam' G D And little towns all around this land D Am7 And we can skin a buck and run a trot line G Am7 D And a country boy can survive Am7 G D Country folks can survive
(Repeat and Fade)
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| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| b Bend
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