Chickens chords by Hayes Carll

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Key: A augmentedA

Verse 1:
E MajorE
I got chickens in my front yard
A augmentedA              E MajorE
What they do is scratch and peck
A augmentedA
I got chickens in my front yard
               E MajorE
What they do is scratch and peck
   B7B7
Come supper time I'll go out there
A augmentedA             E MajorE
Find me one and wring its neck

Verse 2:
E MajorE
It ain't meanness, ya'll
A augmentedA             E MajorE
It's just hungry's what I am
A augmentedA
It ain't meanness, ya'll
             E MajorE
It's just hungry's what I am
       B7B7
There ain't nothin' in this world
A augmentedA                E MajorE
Better than fried chicken, yes ma'am

Verse 3:
E MajorE
And if it rains today
A augmentedA              E MajorE
Oh, the back yard'll turn to mud
    A augmentedA
If it rains today
               E MajorE
Oh, the back yard'll turn to mud
    B7B7
If it don't, it won't
A augmentedA             E MajorE
Either way, won't rile my blood

Verse 4:
E MajorE
I'm sittin' on the porch swing
A augmentedA               E MajorE
Watchin' the sky and fiddlin' wood
   A augmentedA
I'm sittin' on the porch swing
                E MajorE
Watchin' the sky and fiddlin' wood
      B7B7
There's an old crow on the clothesline
A augmentedA               E MajorE
Countin' his toes and feelin' good

Verse 5:
E MajorE
I got chickens in my front yard
A augmentedA              E MajorE
What they do is scratch and peck
    A augmentedA
I got chickens in my front yard
               E MajorE
What they do is scratch and peck
   B7B7
Come supper time I'll go out there
A augmentedA             E MajorE
Find me one and wring its neck

Outro:
E MajorE
It ain't meanness, ya'll
      A augmentedA
It's just hungry's what I am