Chicken Bill chords by
Daniel Romano

N/A

Key: E major

Verse 1
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D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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G G 
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Dm Dm 
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D D 
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Well I was born
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D D 
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in a small border town
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G G 
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And I left home at a young age
A A 
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and headed on down
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And I started walking
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D D 
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Following a white line
I was on the side of a wild
rush end freeway
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With one pair of clothes
and nothing else to my name
A A 
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When a lorry would pass
I would pick myself up with
A new coat of grit and a
D D 
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fresh layer of dust
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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I was dirty, fully covered
And just when the dirt started
G G 
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stinging my eyes
And I couldn't decide
the ground from the sky
A A 
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A man pulled over and offered a ride
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G G 
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D D 
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So I took it, I ran right over
And I got in his truck and sat
G G 
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perfectly still
And he said 'I just gotta stop
off at the mill'
A A 
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I said 'Y ou can take
me wherever you will'
And I asked him
'What do they call you?'
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And he answered 'Chicken Bill,
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D D 
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they call me Chicken Bill'

Verse 2
D D 
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Well, on account of the
G G 
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dirt he thought I was a man
And he reached out his mint and he
shook my filthy hand
A A 
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He said 'Boy, I got me a farm
'round the bend
And I could sure use the help if
you got time to land,
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G G 
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D D 
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Catching chickens, chopping their head off,
G G 
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D D 
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locking them up'
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D D 
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A A 
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All right, run around
D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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A A 
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D D 
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So I worked for old Bill and his
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beautiful wife
Who would cook up a chicken for
us every night
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And just when I thought everything
was alright
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He sat me down,
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G G 
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D D 
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he said 'I'm skipping town,
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D D 
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Going ...around'
And I said 'How could you live such
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a woman behind?'
Then the look on his face helped
me open my eyes
A A 
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And for the first time I saw Chicken
Bill's other side
He sat down beside
me, all nervous and shy
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G G 
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D D 
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G G 
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D D 
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And he told me the real story of Chicken Bill

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