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