[Intro]
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[Strophe]
    D                         Am 
The preacher man says its the end of time  
        G                        D       
And the Mississippi River shes a goin dry  
    D                            Am 
The interest is up and the stock markets down 
        G                      D    
And you only get mugged if you go down town  
 D                       Am 
I live back in the woods you see   
   G                          D       
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 
Am            G       D 
Country folks can survive
[Strophe]
      D                    Am 
I can plow a field all day long   
      G                  D           
I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn    
   D                            Am 
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too 
      G                         D   
Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do  
   D                          Am 
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-Refrain]
            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
[Refrain]
   D                  Am 
We came from the West Virginia coal mines  
        G                       D    
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
[Strophe]
  D                    Am 
I had a good friend in New York City    
   G                          D     
He never called me by my name just HillBilly  
   D                    Am 
My GrandPa taught me to live off the land   
    G                      D      
And his taught him to be a business man  
   D                               Am 
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Night   
    G                 D    
And I'd send him some homemade wine  
    D                             Am 
But he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife  
    G                      D       
For forty three dollars my friend lost his life     
    D                             Am 
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-Refrain]
            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
[Refrain]
          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