Chicken chords by Bert Convy

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Verse 1
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 (A minor)  (E major) Chicken!  (C major)  (A minor) 
They drove the hottest hot rods
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that were  (E major) ever raced in years
You could hear them burning rubber
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as they  (A minor) shifted through the gears
They must have lost their senses
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F 
 (C major) in their  (F major) trail of smoke and flame
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Cause you had to  (E major) be a maniac
Am 
to  (A minor) play that crazy game
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Chicken! Chicken!  (D minor) 
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 (A minor) The  (E major) winner of the game would holler
Am 
E 
Am 
 (A minor) Chicken!  (E major)  (A minor) 
The laughter of the couples
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could be  (E major) heard above the roar
As they headed toward each other
Am 
with their  (A minor) petals to the floor
The one that held it
showed
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F 
that  (E major) he was  (F major) not afraid to die
E 
And the one that  (E major) turned aside
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would hear the  (A minor) winning couples cry
Dm 
Chicken! Chicken!  (D minor) 
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 (E major) The winner of the game would holler,
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 (A minor) Chicken!  (E major) 
C 
E 
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 (C major)  (E major)  (A minor) Chickens!
E 
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 (E major)  (A minor) 
They knew they'd all be losers
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if they  (E major) ever had a tie
But the closer they could make it seem,
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the  (A minor) louder they would cry
The kicks were always greatest
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when they  (F major) had the closest shape
E 
And the voices  (E major) coming back
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were like an  (A minor) echo from the grave
Chickens! Chickens!
E 
The  (E major) winner of the game would holler,
Am 
 (A minor) Chickens!
And then one night it happened,
E 
because the  (E major) devil had his way.
He was flicking off the seconds
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that were  (A minor) left for them to play.
There might have been a winner,
F 
but they  (F major) had no way to tell.
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For the couples  (E major) all were dead,
Am 
and there was  (A minor) no one left to yell.
Chickens! Chickens!
E 
The  (E major) winner of the game would holler,
Am 
 (A minor) chickens!
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