DA
The preacher man says its the end of time
GD
And the Mississippi River shes a goin dry
DA
The interest is up and the stock markets down
GD
And you only get mugged if you go down town
DA
I live back in the woods you see
GD
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
DA
I got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive
GAD
And a country boy can survive
AGD
Country folks can survive
DA
I can plow a field all day long
GD
I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
DA
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
GD
Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do
A
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
GAD
And a country boy can survive
AGD
Country folks can survive
ChorusGF
Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run
CG
Cause when them ole boy raised on shotgun
F
We say grace and we say ma'am
CG
If you ain't into that we don't give a damn
DA
We came from the West Virginia coal mines
GD
And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies
A
And we can skin a buck we can run a trot line
GAD
And a country boy can survive
AGD
Country folks can survive
DA
I had a good friend in New York City
GD
He never called me by my name just HillBilly
A
My GrandPa taught me to live off the land
GD
And his taught him to be a business man
A
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Night
GD
And I'd send him some homemade wine
A
But he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife
GD
For forty three dollars my friend lost his life
A
I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dudes eye
GD
And shoot em' with my ole 45
AGD
Cause a country boy can survive
AGD
Country folks can survive
Chorus..................
DA
Were from North California and South Alabam
GD
And little towns all around this land
A
And we can skin a buck and run a trot line
GAD
And a country boy can survive
AGD
Country folks can survive
AGD
Country boy can survive
AGDAGD
Country folks can survive................
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.