Chicken Song
written by Roger Alan Wade and Dan Bowen
from the album "All Likkered Up"
tabbed 10/1/05


CAPO II


INTRO: G

       C (x32010@1)                   D (xx0232@1)             GYeah (320003@1)a chicken wakes up to a new world every day
         C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)            GFar (320003@1)as a chicken's concerned everything's a-okay
     C (x32010@1)                       D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)Ah a chicken don't worry 'bout nothin' but cluckin' and the price of eggs today
N/C                             DAnd (xx0232@1)don't worry much about that
                C (x32010@1)                 D'Cause (xx0232@1)what the farmer don't snatch before she can hatch
       G (320003@1)                    
Ah the weasle gonna steal 'em anyway
     G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)             GAh (320003@1)a chicken wakes up to a new world every day

C (x32010@1)                       DYou (xx0232@1)reckon a chicken ever finds herself frettin' 
      GAbout (320003@1)gettin' old or ugly or fat?
         C (x32010@1)                               DI (xx0232@1)know a chicken's kinda dim but I'm goin' out on a limb
          GI'd (320003@1)say a chicken's smarter'n that
       C (x32010@1)                        DHell (xx0232@1)a chicken's just happy bein' one of them chickens
           GThat (320003@1)ain't one of them chickens in every pot
           C (x32010@1)                                                                    DYou (xx0232@1)know a chicken knows that half of bein' happy's just bein' happy with what ya got
              C (x32010@1)                                              DAnd (xx0232@1)the other half of bein' happy's just bein' happy no matter what
       C (x32010@1)            DPeople (xx0232@1)life is short, time's a-tickin
             G/
If you wanna live like a king gotta think like a chicken

         C (x32010@1)                   D (xx0232@1)           GOh (320003@1)and a chicken wakes up to a new world everyday
         C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)           GFar (320003@1)as a chicken's concerned everything's a-okay
     C (x32010@1)                       D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)           DAh (xx0232@1)a chicken don't worry 'bout nothin' but cluckin' and the price of eggs today
N/C                                                         DThat's (xx0232@1)eggs, a-g-g-g-g-g-s, and don't worry much about that
                C (x32010@1)                 D'Cause (xx0232@1)what the farmer don't snatch before she can hatch
       G (320003@1)                    
Ah the weasle gonna steal 'em anyway
     G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                   GAh (320003@1)a chicken wakes up to a whole new world every day

Em (022000@1)                   CPoor (x32010@1)old chicken don't get no respect
               G (320003@1)                                                       D (xx0232@1)     
They're either swipin' her eggs or fryin' her legs or tryin' to ring her neck
       CWell (x32010@1)a chicken understands her position and knows in this current condition

It ain't gonna change so she made a decision to roost every evenin' 
                                        DIn (xx0232@1)the rusted out chassis of a beat up Chevrolet
         C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)             GAnd (320003@1)just wake up to a new world every day, yodel-ay

     C (x32010@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                   GOh (320003@1)a chicken wakes up to a whole new world every day
         C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)            GFar (320003@1)as a chicken's concerned everything's a-okay
      C (x32010@1)                      D (xx0232@1)                          G (320003@1)           DAh (xx0232@1)a chicken don't worry 'bout nothin' but cluckin' and the price of eggs today
N/C                             DAnd (xx0232@1)don't worry much about that
                C (x32010@1)                 D'Cause (xx0232@1)what the farmer don't snatch before she can hatch
         GHell (320003@1)the weasle gonna steal 'em anyway
  G (320003@1)                   DA (xx0232@1)chicken wakes up to a new world
  C (x32010@1)                   DA (xx0232@1)chicken wakes up to a new world
     G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)  CAh (x32010@1)a chicken buck-wakes up to a new world every day
     G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)  COh (x32010@1)a chicken wakes up to a whole new world every day, alright
      G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                   GHey (320003@1)a chicken wakes up to a whole new world every day