Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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little old country schoolhouse
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There lived a little fella
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One day the teacher called the class
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The kind of bird that was a chicken,
So the teacher called on Ragtime Joe
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to spell that word for them.
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He did not hesitate a bit,
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this is the way that he began.
C, that's the way to begin.
Okay, let's fill it in
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Me, you can be the M -C -H -I -C -K
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Carson Parks,
he gave a concert
But when they pulled the curtain,
He sang them Ragtime chicken tunes,
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He says, I went a -frost on that,
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so I guess I have to spill
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And then he told the audience,
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And when he sang these words for them,
C, that's the way to begin.
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H, that's the next letter in.
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I, that is the third.
C, now you're seasoning the bird.
K, fill it in.
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C -H -I -C -K -N,
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that there's the way to spell chicken.
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That's the way to begin,
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H, next letter N, I, that is the third,
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K, fill it in with an E, you get near the end,
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C -H -I -C -K, N, now there's
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C#
F#
The wait has come to an end
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Let's do it again real soon.
This isn't a franchise operation,
folks.
It speaks to a higher authority.
There is a moral responsibility
in the commodity interest of music,
and this place is uncorrupted.
I think it's uncorruptible,
and I never want to test that.
Just to let you know, I'm very
grateful
Steve Young invited me to play with
him tonight.
He included me in his opportunity.
Thank you, Steve.
When we go back,
I was 22 years old
when I wrote this piece about
Steve Young.
have I admired him?
I don't know what the details
are
and the shrouded in mystery
and if I started to explain it,
it would be like finding the line
between myth and history,
and I really don't know that anymore.
So I'm just going to sing the song
to show you how
much I thought of Steve Young.
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