Spitting Image - The Chicken Song chords by Television Music

No 1 in the UK charts in 1986. Various key changes, as noted, throughout this song.

Intro = C G C G

Verse 1
         C                     F
It's the time of year now that spring is in the air
           G                       C
When those two wet gits with their girly curly hair
                        F
Make another song for maronic holidays
         G                  C
That nausiate ate ates in a million different ways
                                F
From the shores of Spain to the coast of southern France
          D                               G
No matter where you hide you just can't escape this dance

Verse 1
G      C                          G
Hold a chicken in the air stick a deck-chair up your nose
                         C
Buy a jumbo jet and then bury all your clothes
                                  F
Paint your left knee green then extract your wisdom teeth
       C                     G                 C
Form a string quartet and pretend your name is Keith

Up 1/2 tone

Verse 2
A        D                   A
Skin yourself alive learn to speak Arapaho
                         D
Climb inside a dog and behead an eskimo
                       G
Eat a Renault 4 wear salami in your ears
     D                   A                   D      A
Casserole your gran disembowel yourself with spears

Bridge
    D                      G
The disco is migrating the sound is loud and grating
     E                      A
It's truly nauseating let's do the dance again

Up 1/2 tone

Verse 3
B      E                          B
Hold a chicken in the air stick a deck-chair up your nose
                                 E
Yes you'll hear this song in the holiday discos
                             A
And there's no escape in the clubs or in the bars
          E                     B            E
You would hear this song if you holidayed in Mars

Up 1 tone

Verse 4
C#       F#                  C#
Skin yourself alive learn to speak arapaho
                         F#
Climb inside a dog and behead an eskimo
                                         B
Now you've heard it once your brain will spring a leak
               F#                       C#             F#
And though you hate this song you'll be humming it for weeks

Outro up 1/2 tone to fade
D      G                          D
Hold a chicken in the air stick a deck-chair up you nose
                         G
Buy a jumbo jet and then bury all your clothes
                     C
La la la la la la la la la la
      G              D           G
La la la la la la la la la la la la