Bo Burnham - The Chicken

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[Intro]
E F#m C#m G#m………………..
E F#m C#m G#m………………..
A B C#m B G#7 A Am7………………………….
 
[Verse 1]
E F#m C#m G#mThe chicken wakes up like she does every morning
E F#m C#m G#m..To the sounds of her husband’s screams
E F#m C#m G#mSat?in?the dark on?the eggs she is warming
E F#m C#m G#m..She closes?her eyes and dreams of
A BWalking to Memphis, becoming a dentist
C#m B G#7 AAnything..but this
A BI mean, she likes her life as a mother and wife
C#m B G#7 ABut is that all..she..is?
A Am7She stares out the window
 
[Verse 2]
E F#m C#m G#mThe very next morning, the chicken decides to
E F#m C#m G#mMak? her escape, g?t a taste of freedom
E F#m C#m G#mShe runs out the coop that her life’s been confined to
E F#m C#m G#mSuddenly sees the thing she’s only dreamed of
A BJust up ahead, gophers run through a meadow
C#m B G#7 A..Deer graze, birds sing
A BHer future is waiting, right there for the taking
C#m B G#7 A..There’s just..one thing
 
[Bridge]
A Am7 EThe chicken must first cross the road
G#7 C#mThe……road
 
[Verse 3]
B AA sea of trees and green and moss
F#m E G#7 C#mWaiting just across the road, the……road
B A Am7A life of brighter days, a width of road away
E F#m C#m G#mThe road is gigantic, the chicken is little
E F#m C#m G#mShe moves ahead left-right-left, right-left-right
E F#m C#m G#mAll of a sudden, she stops in the middle
E F#m C#m G#mFrozen in place by a pair of headlights
A BIt’s anyone’s guess what then happened next
C#m B G#7 ABut…most think she died
A BBut I think we ought to believe that she got to
C#m B G#7 A..The ot..her..side
A Am7So that’s why she did it
 
[Outro]
EGoodbye
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