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 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
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
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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