A Country Boy Can Survive Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Williams Jr.
A Country Boy Can Survive
Written and Recorded by Hank Williams Jr.
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The preacher man says its the
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end of time
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Mississippi River she's
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a going dry
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stock markets down
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only get mugged if you
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go down town
I live back in the
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woods you see
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woman and the kids and the
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dogs and me
I got a shotgun a rifle and a
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four wheel drive
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country boy
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can
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vive
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can
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vive
I can plow a field
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all day long
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catch catfish from
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dusk till dawn
We make our own whiskey and our
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own smoke too
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too many things these ole
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boys can't do
We grow good ole tomatoes and
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homemade
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country boy
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can
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can
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vive
Because you
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can't starve us out and you
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can't make us run
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when them ole boy raised
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on
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we say ma'am
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ain't into that we
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don't give a damn
We came from the West
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Virginia coal mines
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Rocky Mountains and the
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western
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run a trot line
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country boy
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can
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I had a good friend in
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New York City
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never called me by my name
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just
Hillbilly
My GrandPa taught me to
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live off the land
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his taught him to be a
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business
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Broadway
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I'd send him some
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homemade
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But he was killed by a man with a
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switch blade knife
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forty three dollars my
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friend lost his life
I'd love to spit some Beechnut in
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that dudes eye
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shoot em' with my ole
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Cause a
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country boy
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can
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can
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Because you can't
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starve us out and you can't
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make us run
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when them ole boy raised
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on
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we say ma'am
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ain't into that we
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don't give a damn
Were from North California and
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little towns all
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around this land
And we can skin a buck and
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run a trot line
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country boy
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FAQ
Who sang the the song A Country Boy Can Survive?
- The song A Country Boy Can Survive was sang by Hank Williams Jr..
Who is Hank Williams Jr.?
- Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949), known professionally as Hank Williams Jr. or Bocephus, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His musical style is often considered a blend of Southern rock, blues, and country. He is the son of country music legend Hank Williams.
Williams began his career following in his famed father's footsteps, covering his father's songs and imitating his father's style. Williams' first television appearance was in a 1964 episode of ABC's The Jimmy Dean Show, in which at age fourteen he sang several songs associated with his father. Later that year, he was a guest star on Shindig!.Williams' style evolved slowly as he struggled to find his own voice and place within country music. This was interrupted by a near-fatal fall off the side of Ajax Peak in Montana on August 8, 1975. After an extended recovery, he challenged the country music establishment with a blend of country, rock, and blues. As a multi-instrumentalist, Williams' repertoire of skills includes guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, steel guitar, banjo, dobro, piano, keyboards, saxophone, harmonica, fiddle, and drums.From 1989 through October 2011, his song "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight", refashioned as "All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night", had been used to open broadcasts of Monday Night Football until it was pulled after Williams made controversial and widely criticized comments comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. The song returned to open the show in 2017 although it was temporarily removed in 2020.On August 12, 2020, Williams was selected to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
