Hank Williams Jr. – A Country Boy Can Survive (Guitar Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: bengtaaron The other tabs for this song are either missing entire fills or are incomplete, which is a damn shame because it's the fills that make this song. There are definitely two guitars, but I've tried to combine them as much as possible for one. Note: the G/B chord is (x20033). (Intro Chords)

    D    Am7  Dm7  D
e|--2----0----5----10----------------------|
B|--3----1----6----10----------------------|
G|--2----0----5----11----------------------|
D|--0----2----0----0----3p2p0--------------|
A|--0----0--------------------3p2p0--------|
D|--0-------------------------------3h4-0--|

D Am7 The preacher-man says its the end of time G/B D And the Mississippi River she's a-goin' dry

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------0---------0-(0)(0)-------0--------------|
A|--3h5---------3h5--------------3h5---3p0----------|
D|------(0)---------0----------------------3p0-3p0--|

D Am7 The interest is up and the stock market's down G/B D And you only get mugged if you go downtown

e|-----------------------------------------------|  Note: Instead of the 3h5 on the A 
B|---------3----------3-----------3--------------|        string, this pattern makes the  
G|----------------------2-------2----------------|        fingering of two guitars much 
D|-----0----------0-----------0------------------|        easier. But make sure not to let
A|---3----------3-----------3-------3p0----------|        the 3 on the A string ring, or
D|-------0----------0-------------------3p0-3p0--|        it will ruin the sound.

D Am7 I live back in the woods, you see G/B D My woman and the kids and the dogs and me

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-(0)---4p0-(0)-0---------0--------------|
A|--3h5-----------------------3h5-----3p0----------|
D|------0-------------------------0-------3p0-3p0--|

D Am7 I got a shotgun a rifle and a four-wheel drive G/B Am7 D And a country boy can survive C G/B D Country folks can survive

e|-----------------------------=--------------------------------|
B|------------3---------------=---------------------------------|
G|------------2-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------0------------0----------0---0----------0------------|
A|--0-2-3--------3h5----------3h5------------3h5-----3p0--------|
D|-------------------(0)----------0---0----------0-------3p0-0--|

D Am7 I can plow a field all day long G/B D I can catch catfish from dusk til dawn

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|----------0----------------------|
D|--------0------4-(0)----(10b12)--|
A|--0h2h3------5-------------------|
D|------------------0--------------|

D Am7 We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too G/B D Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|--5p3-------5p3--------------------------|
G|------4p2-------4p2----------------------|
D|--------------------3b4------------------|
A|------------------------5p3-5-5-3p0------|
D|------------------------------------3p0--|

D Am7 We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine G/B Am7 D And a country boy can survive

e|---------|
B|--3p2h3--|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
D|---------|

C G/B D Country folks can survive G/B F Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run C G/B Cause we them old boys raised on shotguns G/B F We say "grace" and we say "ma'am" C G/B If you ain't into that we don't give a damn

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--3p2p0--------------|
A|--------3p2p0--------|
D|--------------3h4-0--|

D Am7 We came from the West Virginia coal mines G/B D And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------2---2h4-2--------------------|
D|--2h4---4-------4p2-0-----0--------|
A|----------------------3h5---3p0----|
D|--------------------------------0--|

D Am7 And we can skin a buck we can run a trot line G/B Am7 D And a country boy can survive C G/B D Country folks can survive D Am7 I had a good friend in New York City G/B D He never called me by my name, just "Hillbilly"

                 (transcribed piano)
e|---------------------------------|
B|--(6br)--(6\3)-------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|----------------3p0-3p0-3p0-3h5--|
D|---------------------------------|

D Am7 My Grandpa taught me how to live off the land G/B D And his taught him to be a business man

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5p4--------------------------(7+)--|
D|------5p4-3b4---0--------------------|
A|------------------5p3-0--------------|
D|------------------------3p0-0--------|

D Am7 He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Night G/B D And I'd send him some homemade wine

e|-------------------|
B|--3p2h3-----3p2h3--|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
D|-------------------|

D Am7 But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife G/B D For forty three dollars my friend lost his life

e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--(6br)-------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|---------3p0-3p0-3p0-3h5--|
D|--------------------------|

D Am7 I'd love to spit some beech nut in that dude's eyes G/B D An shoot him with my old .45 G/B Am7 D Cause a country boy can survive C G/B D Country folks can survive G/B F Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run C G/B Cause we them old boys raised on a shotgun G/B F We say "grace" and we say "ma'am" C G/B If you ain't into that we don't give a damn

e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--3-2-0----------------------------|
D|----------3-2-0--------------------|
A|-------------------3-4-5--3-0------|
D|------------------------------3-0--|

D Am7 Were from North California and South Alabam' G/B D And little towns all around this land

e|--------------------------|
B|---(6\3)------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|---------3p0-3p0-3p0------|
D|---------------------3-0--|

D Am7 And we can skin a buck and run a trot line G/B Am7 D And a country boy can survive C G/B D Country folks can survive Am7 G/B D Country boy can survive C G/B D Am7 G/B D Country folks can survive