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A COUNTRY BOY CAN SURVIVE - Hank Williams Jr.
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Tabbed by: bengtaaron
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBe)
The other tabs for this song are either missing entire fills or are incomplete, which is
a damn shame because it's the fills that make this song. There are definitely two guitars,
but I've tried to combine them as much as possible for one.
Note: the Bm#5 chord is (x20033).
(Intro Chords)
D Am7 Dm7 D
e|--2----0----5----10----------------------|
B|--3----1----6----10----------------------|
G|--2----0----5----11----------------------|
D|--0----2----0----0----3p2p0--------------|
A|--0----0--------------------3p2p0--------|
D|--0-------------------------------3h4-0--|
D Am7
The preacher-man says its the end of time
Bm#5 D
And the Mississippi River she's a-goin' dry
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|----------0---------0-(0)(0)-------0--------------|
A|--3h5---------3h5--------------3h5---3p0----------|
D|------(0)---------0----------------------3p0-3p0--|
D Am7
The interest is up and the stock market's down
Bm#5 D
And you only get mugged if you go downtown
e|-----------------------------------------------| Note: Instead of the 3h5 on the A
B|---------3----------3-----------3--------------| string, this pattern makes the
G|----------------------2-------2----------------| fingering of two guitars much
D|-----0----------0-----------0------------------| easier. But make sure not to let
A|---3----------3-----------3-------3p0----------| the 3 on the A string ring, or
D|-------0----------0-------------------3p0-3p0--| it will ruin the sound.
D Am7
I live back in the woods, you see
Bm#5 D
My woman and the kids and the dogs and me
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-(0)---4p0-(0)-0---------0--------------|
A|--3h5-----------------------3h5-----3p0----------|
D|------0-------------------------0-------3p0-3p0--|
D Am7
I got a shotgun a rifle and a four-wheel drive
Bm#5 Am7 D
And a country boy can survive
C Bm#5 D
Country folks can survive
e|-----------------------------=--------------------------------|
B|------------3---------------=---------------------------------|
G|------------2-------------------------------------------------|
D|----------0------------0----------0---0----------0------------|
A|--0-2-3--------3h5----------3h5------------3h5-----3p0--------|
D|-------------------(0)----------0---0----------0-------3p0-0--|
D Am7
I can plow a field all day long
Bm#5 D
I can catch catfish from dusk til dawn
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|----------0----------------------|
D|--------0------4-(0)----(10b12)--|
A|--0h2h3------5-------------------|
D|------------------0--------------|
D Am7
We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too
Bm#5 D
Ain't too many things these ole boys can't do
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|--5p3-------5p3--------------------------|
G|------4p2-------4p2----------------------|
D|--------------------3b4------------------|
A|------------------------5p3-5-5-3p0------|
D|------------------------------------3p0--|
D Am7
We grow good ole tomatoes and homemade wine
Bm#5 Am7 D
And a country boy can survive
e|---------|
B|--3p2h3--|
G|---------|
D|---------|
A|---------|
D|---------|
C Bm#5 D
Country folks can survive
Bm#5 F
Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run
C Bm#5
Cause we them old boys raised on shotguns
Bm#5 F
We say "grace" and we say "ma'am"
C Bm#5
If you ain't into that we don't give a damn
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--3p2p0--------------|
A|--------3p2p0--------|
D|--------------3h4-0--|
D Am7
We came from the West Virginia coal mines
Bm#5 D
And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|------2---2h4-2--------------------|
D|--2h4---4-------4p2-0-----0--------|
A|----------------------3h5---3p0----|
D|--------------------------------0--|
D Am7
And we can skin a buck we can run a trot line
Bm#5 Am7 D
And a country boy can survive
C Bm#5 D
Country folks can survive
D Am7
I had a good friend in New York City
Bm#5 D
He never called me by my name, just "Hillbilly"
(transcribed piano)
e|---------------------------------|
B|--(6br)--(6\3)-------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|----------------3p0-3p0-3p0-3h5--|
D|---------------------------------|
D Am7
My Grandpa taught me how to live off the land
Bm#5 D
And his taught him to be a business man
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--5p4--------------------------(7+)--|
D|------5p4-3b4---0--------------------|
A|------------------5p3-0--------------|
D|------------------------3p0-0--------|
D Am7
He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Night
Bm#5 D
And I'd send him some homemade wine
e|-------------------|
B|--3p2h3-----3p2h3--|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
D Am7
But he was killed by a man with a switchblade knife
Bm#5 D
For forty three dollars my friend lost his life
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|--(6br)-------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|---------3p0-3p0-3p0-3h5--|
D|--------------------------|
D Am7
I'd love to spit some beech nut in that dude's eyes
Bm#5 D
An shoot him with my old .45
Bm#5 Am7 D
Cause a country boy can survive
C Bm#5 D
Country folks can survive
Bm#5 F
Because you can't starve us out and you can't make us run
C Bm#5
Cause we them old boys raised on a shotgun
Bm#5 F
We say "grace" and we say "ma'am"
C Bm#5
If you ain't into that we don't give a damn
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--3-2-0----------------------------|
D|----------3-2-0--------------------|
A|-------------------3-4-5--3-0------|
D|------------------------------3-0--|
D Am7
Were from North California and South Alabam'
Bm#5 D
And little towns all around this land
e|--------------------------|
B|---(6\3)------------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|---------3p0-3p0-3p0------|
D|---------------------3-0--|
D Am7
And we can skin a buck and run a trot line
Bm#5 Am7 D
And a country boy can survive
C Bm#5 D
Country folks can survive
Am7 Bm#5 D
Country boy can survive
C Bm#5 D Am7 B#m5 D
Country folks can survive
