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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 D Am7 The preacher man says its the end of time G D And the Mississippi River shes a goin dry Fill 1 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 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 tabbed by: [email protected]
Written by Hank Williams, Jr
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