• Song:

    Chicken

  • Artist:

    Jaco Pastorius

  • Album:

    Live in New York City, ...

Song: The Chicken
Artist: Jaco Pastorius
Album: Live

Basically this tab is just the entire song in order, fully written out. This is the
easiest Jaco song and he has a lot of fun playing it, (improvising a lot) and you
should too! Please rate this tab.

Tuning: G D A E
Time Signature: 4/4

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