The Chicken Chords

by Bo Burnham
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From "THE INSIDE OUTTAKES", transcribed in original key of E major, only wrote the bass note on the first beats of measures for convenience, not sure about every single chord because it's sometimes hard to tell what notes are being played by the piano when Burnham's voice is concealing them.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: E
Capo: no capo
Author remi-4032 [a] 41. Last edit on Jun 6, 2022
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Chords

E
F#sus2
C#m
G#7
A6
B6
C#m7
Badd9
Am
F#m
G#m7/D#
Emaj7
F#m9
Emaj9/G#
Badd4
Aadd#11
Eadd9
B
Aadd9

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[Intro]
N.C.
Hi, so I'm gonna do one more song.
N.C.
I know the last song seemed like it should have been the last song, but this is actually the last song.
N.C.
I just wanna say thank you for watching if you watched this. I appreciate it. I really do.
And thank you, yeah. I hope you enjoyed it.
N.C.
This is a song about a chicken.
 
E F#sus2 C#m G#7 (x4)
 
A6 B6 C#m7 Badd9 G#7 (x2)
 
A6 Am
 
[Verse 1]
    E             F#m             C#m    G#m7/D#
The chicken wakes up like she does every morning
E            F#m        C#m         G#m7/D#
To the sounds of her husband's screams
E          F#m             C#m        G#m7/D#
Sat in the dark on the eggs she is warming
E      F#m         C#m      G#m7/D#
She closes her eyes and dreams of
A6                    B6
Walking to Memphis, becoming a dentist
C#m Badd9 G#7 A6
Anything but this
                                B6
I mean, shе likes her life as a mothеr and wife
    C#m  Badd9  G#7 A6
But is that all she is?
                   Am
She stares out the window
 
 
[Verse 2]
    Emaj7     F#m9            C#m    Emaj9/G#
The very next morning, the chicken decides to
Emaj7      F#m9             C#m7   Emaj9/G#
Make her escape, get a taste of freedom
    Emaj7        F#m9              C#m7       Emaj9/G#
She runs out the coop that her life's been confined to
Emaj7    F#m9                  C#m7 Emaj9/G#
Suddenly sees the things she’s only dreamed of
A6                     B6
Just up ahead, gophers run through a meadow
C#m Badd9   G#7  A6
Deer graze, birds sing
                            B6
Her future is waiting right there for the taking
 
 
[Bridge]
C#m  Badd9   G#7 A6                      Am              E
There's just one thing, the chicken must first cross the road
   G#7  C#m
The road
 
 
[Verse 3]
             Badd4           Aadd#11
A sea of trees and green and moss
                 F#m   Eadd9     G#7  C#m
Waiting just across the road, the road
      B                Aadd9                 Am
A life of brighter days, a width of road away
    E         F#m9           C#m     G#m7/D#
The road is gigantic, the chicken is little
E          F#m9                   C#m      G#m7/D#
She moves ahead, left, right, left, right, left, right
E          F#m9            C#m     G#m7/D#
All of the sudden she stops in the middle
E         F#m9           C#m G#m7/D#
Frozen in place by a pair of headlights
     A6                  B6
It's anyone's guess what then happened next
   C#m  Badd9  G#7 A6
But most think she died
                          B6                   C#m Badd9 G#7 A6
But I think we ought to believe that she got to the other side
                  Am
So that's why she did it
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