Written by Hank Williams, Jr
INTRO: e------------------------------------| b------------------------------------| g------------------------------------| d-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0------------0-| a-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-----3-0------| d-----3b----3b----3b-----3b-----3b---| D Am7 G D e--------------------------------| b--------------------------------| g--------------------------------| d-3-2-0--------------------------| a---------3-2-0------------------| d-----------------3b-0-----------| VERSE 1: D The preacher man says it's the Am7 end of time, and the G Mississippi River she's a D goin' dry. D Interest is up and the Am7 stock market's down and you G only get mugged if you D go down town. D I live back in the Am7 woods you see, the G woman and the kids and the D dogs and me D I got a shotgun a rifle and a Am7 four wheel drive, and a G country Am7 boy can D survive Am7 Country folks G can D survive RIFF: e---------------------------------| b---------------------------------| g---------------------------------| d---0-----------------------------| a------3-2-0----------------------| d-------------3b-0----------------| D} Am7 G D VERSE 2: D We can plow our fields Am7 all day long, we can G catch catfish from D dusk till dawn D We make our own whiskey and our Am7 own smoke too, ain't{G} too many things these ole D boys can't do D We grow good ole tomatoes we make Am7 homemade wine and a G country boy Am7 can D survive Am7 Country folks G can D survive RIFF: e----------------------| b----------------------| g----------------------| d----------------------| a-3-0------------------| d-------3b-0-----------| D D D CHORUS: G You can't starve us out, F can't make us run C Cause we're them ole boys raised G on shotgun. We say grace and F we say ma'am, if you C ain't into that we G don't give a damn RIFF: e-------------------------| b-------------------------| g-------------------------| d-3-2-0-------------------| a-------3-2-0-------------| d-------------3b-0--------| VERSE 3: D We came from the West Am7 Virginia coal mines and the G Rocky Mountains and the D Western Skies RIFF: e---------------------| b---------------------| g---------------------| d---0-----------------| a-----3-2-0-----------| d------------3b-0-----| D D D D We can skin a buck, we can Am7 run a trot line, and a G country boy Am7 can D survive Am7 Country folks G can D survive RIFF: e-------------------| b-------------------| g-------------------| d----------0--------| a---3-0-------------| d-------3b----------| D} Am7} G} D VERSE 4: D I had a good friend in Am7 New York City, he G never called me by my name D called me Hillbilly D My Grandpa taught me how to Am7 live off the land, and G his taught him to be a D business man. D He used to send me pictures of the Am7 Broadway Lights, and G I'd send him some D homemade muscadine wine. D He was killed by a man with a Am7 switch blade knife, for G forty three dollars my D friend lost his life D I'd like to spit some Beechnut in Am7 that dudes eye and G give him clip from my D 45, cause a Am7 country boy G can D survive Am7 Country folks G can D survive RIFF: e------------------| b------------------| g------------------| d------------------| a-3-0--------------| d------3b-0--------| D D D CHORUS: Because G you can't starve us out, F can't make us run C Cause we're them ole boys raised G on shotgun. We say grace and F we say ma'am, if you C ain't into that we give G less than a damn RIFF: e-------------------------| b-------------------------| g-------------------------| d-3-2-0-------------------| a-------3-2-0-------------| d-------------3b-0--------| VERSE 5: D We're from North California and Am7 South Alabam, and G little towns all D around this land D And we can skin a buck and Am7 run a trot line and a G country boy Am7 can D survive Am7 Country folks G can D survive Am7 A country boy G can D survive D And I ain't nuthin' but a Am7 dirt road G country D boy D D D Am7 a back woods G country D boy D D D Am7 a dirt road G country D boy D D D OUTRO: (moderately fast chord changes here) D Am7 G D Am7 G D Am7 G G G RIFF: e----------------------------------| b----------------------------------| g----------------------------------| d-3-2-0----------------------0-----| a---------3-2-0------3--0----------| d---------------3b-0------3b-------| D