written by DAC corrections welcome (especially with those lyrics; some are hard to hear). INTRO: E A A I can plow the lower forty acres, feed the chickens, slap the hogs, fix the drainpipe Pick the guitar and never lose no time E A Mow the grass, prune the peach trees, bend that dow stake that was broken by that friend a mine Still find time of an evenin' to go fishin on the river, put a fence around my land E Read a story to my baby I'm a West Virginia Man A I work in the sawmill 8 hours a day E Eat supper, read the paper put up a 100 bales of hay A Run off a batch of moonshine relax next to the fan B A Chew tabacco sing a firin' song I'm a West Virginia Man E A West Virginia man, alright E A I hear you, alright BREAK A I can milk a hundred head of cattle, chop the firewood, shoe the horses, paint the barn E Pack the roof to make sure it won't leak, pick the beans sow some hayseed A Check the muskrat traps down by the creek 'Fore it gets late I can pick a pack of apples that my woman wants to can E Take my youngest son our huntin' I'm a West Virginia man A Work in the sawmill 8 hours a day E Eat supper, read the paper, put up a hundred bales of hay A Run off a batch of moonshine relax next to the fan B A Chew tobacco sing a firin' song I'm a West Virginia man E A West Virginia man, alright E A Ahhh, well alright E A Ahhh, alright E A I hear ya now, alright E A Have mercy, alright