A Country Boy Can Survive

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-----------| <b>Intro</b>                           {drum}{Intro Fill----}    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--| The preacher man says its the end of time And the Mississippi River shes a goin dry Fill 1     e----------------------------------------------------| B----------------------------------------------------| G----------------------------------------------------| D---------0--0-0-----0-0-0--0-0-----0-0-------------0| A-3h5------------3h5------------3h5-----3p0-----3h5--| D-------------------------------------------3p0(0)---| The interest is up and the stock markets down And you only get mugged if you go down town Fill 2     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-| I live back in the woods you see My woman and the kids and the dogs and me Fill Chorus I got a shotgun a rifle and a four wheel drive And a country boy can survive Country folks can survive Fill I can plow a field all day long I can cetch catfish from dusk till dawn Fill We make our own whiskey and our own smoke too Ain’t too many things these ole boys can’t do Fill We grow good ole tomatas and homemade wine And a country boy can survive Country folks can survive___ Bridge Because you cain’t starve us out and you cain’t make us run Cause when them ole boys raised on shotgun We say grace and we say ma’am If you ain’t into that we don’t give a damn Repeat Intro Fill We came from the West Virginia coal mines And the Rocky Mountains and the Western Skies Fill Chorus And we can skin a buck we can run a trot line And a country boy can survive Country folks can survive Fill I had a good friend in New York City He never called me by my name just HillBilly Fill My GrandPa taught me to live off the land And his taught him to be a bus-i-ness man Fill He used to send me pictures of the Broadway Nights And I’d send him some homemade wine Fill But he was killed by a man with a switch blade knife For forty three dollars my friend lost his life Fill I’d love to spit some Beechnut in that dudes eyes An shoot ’im with my ole forty-five Cause a country boy can survive Country folks can survive Repeat Bridge Were from North California and South Alabam And little towns all around this land Fill Chorus And we can skin a buck and run a trot line And a country boy can survive Country folks can survive Country boy can survive Country folks can survi____________________ve tabbed by: [email protected]