INTRO:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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VERSE 3:
D We came from the West Am7 Virginia coal mines and the
G Rocky Mountains and the D Western Skies
RIFF:
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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:
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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:
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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:
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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
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OUTRO:
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D Am7 G G G
RIFF:
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Composição de Hank Williams, Jr
