Country Boy Can Survive

for the Intro just play D - Am7 - then play D on the 5th and 6th fret and slide back down to 2nd and 3rd . D Am7 the preacher man says its the end of time G D and the mississippi river shes a goin dry D Am7 the interest is up and the stock markets down G D and you only get mugged if you go down town D Am7 i live back in the woods you see G D my woman and the kids and the dogs and me 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 D Am7 i can plow a field all day long G D i can catch catfish from dusk till dawn D Am7 we make our own whiskey and our own smoke too G D ain’t too many things these ole boys can’t do 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 Chorus 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 F we say grace and we say ma’am C G if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn D Am7 we came from the west virginia coal mines G D and the rocky mountains and the western skies 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 D Am7 i had a good friend in new york city G D he never called me by my name just hillbilly Am7 my grandpa taught me to live off the land G D and his taught him to be a business man Am7 he used to send me pictures of the broadway night G D and i’d send him some homemade wine Am7 but he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife G D for forty three dollars my friend lost his life Am7 i’d love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eye G D and shoot em’ with my ole 45 Am7 G D cause a country boy can survive Am7 G D country folks can survive Chorus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D Am7 were from north california and south alabam G D and little towns all around this land 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 Am7 G D country boy can survive Am7 G D Am7 D country folks can survive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .