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Verse:The preacher man says it’s the end of time
G DAnd the Mississippi River she’s a goin’ dry
D CThe interest is up and the Stock Markets down
And you only get mugged
DIf you go down town
D C
Verse:I live back in the woods, you see
G DA woman and the kids, and the dogs and me
I got a shotgun rifle and a 4-wheel drive
G DAnd a country boy can survive
C G DCountry folks can survive
D C
Verse:I can plow a field all day long
I can catch catfish from dusk till dawn
D CWe make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
G DAin’t too many things these ole boys can’t do
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
G DAnd a country boy can survive
C G DCountry folks can survive
G
Chorus:Because you can’t starve us out
And you cant makes us run
C GCause one-of- ‘em old boys raisin ole shotgun
G FAnd we say grace and we say Ma’am
And if you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn
Verse:We came from the West Virginia coalmines
G DAnd the Rocky Mountains and the and the western skies
D CAnd we can skin a buck; we can run a crop line
And a country boy can survive
C G DCountry folks can survive
D C
Verse:I had a good friend in New York City
G DHe never called me by my name, just hillbilly
My grandpa taught me how to live off the land
G DAnd his taught him to be a businessman
D CHe used to send me pictures of the Broadway nights
And I’d send him some homemade wine
Verse:But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
G DFor 43 dollars my friend lost his life
D CId love to spit some beechnut in that dudes eyes
And shoot him with my old 45
C G DCause a country boy can survive
C G DCountry folks can survive
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Verse:We’re from North California and south Alabam
G DAnd little towns all around this land
D CAnd we can skin a buck; we can run a crop line
And a country boy can survive
C G DCountry folks can survive
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