A Country Boy Can Survive

	  		NOTE: The original tab I had posted here was done in a rush 
      about 10 years ago.  I just re-visited the song and  
      made some corrections and additions.  I have added my 
      interpretation of the first 2 fills.  I believe all of 
      the fills are played over the D chord. There are about 
      15 fills in this song and I think there are 3 guitars, 
      a fiddle and a harmonica.  At least one of the guitars 
      is in drop D tuning.   
 
Chords Used 
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  D   Am7   G   C 
e-2----0----3---0-------| 
B-3----1----3---1-------| 
G-2----0----0---0-------| 
D-0----2----0---2-------| 
A-0----0----2---3-------| 
D-0---------x-----------| 
 
Intro 
 
  D        Am7     F     D      {drum}{Intro Fill----} D  
e-2-2-2-----0-----5-5-52---2-2-----------------------2--|  
B-3-3-3-x-1-1-x-x-6-6-63-x-3-3-----------------------3--| 
G-2-2-2-x-0-0-x-x-5-5-52-x-2-2-----------------------2--| 
D-0-0--------2-----0-0---------0-------3p2p0-----------0--| 
A-0-0--------0-----------------0-------------3p2p0-----0--| 
D-0-0--------------------------0-------------------3h4-0--|
 
                                                   
    D                         Am7 
The preacher man says its the end of time 
        G                        D 
And the Mississippi River shes a goin dry 
 
Fill 1 
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  D 
e----------------------------------------------------| 
B----------------------------------------------------| 
G----------------------------------------------------| 
D---------0--0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-----0-0-------------0| 
A-3h5------------3h5------------3h5-----3p0-----3h5--| 
D-------------------------------------------3p0(0)---|
 
 
    D                      Am7 
The interest is up and the stock markets down 
        G                      D 
And you only get mugged if you go down town 
 
Fill 2 
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  D 
e--------------------------------------------------------| 
B-------3-----3--------3-----3---------3-----------------| 
G------------------------2---------------2---------------| 
D-----0---0----------0-----0---------0-----0-------------| 
A-3h5------------3h5-------------3h5---------0-0h3p0-----| 
D----------------------------------------------------3-0-|
 
 
 
D                  Am7 
I live back in the woods you see 
   G                          D 
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me 
 
Fill 
 
Chorus 
        D                     Am7 
I got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive 
      G           Am7     D 
And a country boy can survive 
C             G       D 
Country folks can survive 
 
Fill 
 
D                  Am7 
I can plow a field all day long 
      G                  D 
I can cetch catfish from dusk till dawn 
 
Fill 
   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 
 
Fill 
        D                     Am7 
We grow good ole tomatas and homemade wine 
      G           Am7     D 
And a country boy can survive 
C             G       D 
Country folks can survive___ 
 
Bridge 
            G                            F 
Because you cain't starve us out and you cain't make us run 
      C                         G 
Cause when them ole boys 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 
 
Repeat Intro Fill 
 
   D                     Am7 
We came from the West Virginia coal mines 
        G                       D 
And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies 
 
Fill 
 
Chorus 
    D                         Am7 
And we can skin a buck we can run a trot line 
      G           Am7     D 
And a country boy can survive 
C             G       D 
Country folks can survive 
 
Fill 
 
  D                    Am7 
I had a good friend in New York City 
   G                          D 
He never called me by my name just HillBilly 
 
Fill 
   D                    Am7 
My GrandPa taught me to live off the land 
    G                      D 
And his taught him to be a bus-i-ness man 
 
Fill 
           D                       Am7 
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Nights 
    G                 D 
And I'd send him some homemade wine 
 
Fill 
           D                      Am7 
But he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife 
    G                      D 
For forty three dollars my friend lost his life 
 
Fill 
    D                             Am7 
I'd love to spit some Beechnut in that dudes eyes 
   G                     D 
An shoot 'im with my ole forty-five 
        G           Am7     D        
Cause a country boy can survive 
C             G       D 
Country folks can survive 
 
Repeat Bridge 
 
          D                    Am7 
Were from North California and South Alabam 
    G                 D 
And little towns all around this land 
 
Fill 
 
Chorus 
    D                      Am7 
And we can skin a buck and run a trot line 
      G           Am7     D 
And a country boy can survive 
C             G       D 
Country folks can survive 
Am7         G       D 
Country boy can survive 
C             G       D    Am7  G G G G G D 
Country folks can survi____________________ve 
 
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