the chicken chords by Bo Burnham

SimplifiedD · Em · Bm · F#m · F#sus4 …

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D
Em
Bm
F#m
F#sus4
G
A
F#
Gm

Intro 1
D 
Em 
Bm 
F#m 
D 
Em 
Bm 
 (D major)  (E minor)  (B minor)  (F sharp minor)  (D major)  (E minor)  (B minor) 
F#sus4 
G 
A 
Bm 
A 
F# 
 (F sharpsus4)  (G major)  (A major)  (B minor)  (A major)  (F sharp major) 
G 
 (G major) 
Gm 
 (G minor) 
D 
The  (D major) chicken

Verse 1
G 
Bm 
F#m 
 (G major) wakes up like she does  (B minor) every morn (F sharp minor) ing
D 
Em 
 (D major) To the sound (E minor) s   of her hus
Bm 
F#m 
 (B minor) band's scream  (F sharp minor) 
D 
Em 
Bm 
 (D major) Sat in  (E minor) the dark on the  (B minor) eggs  she
F#m 
D 
is warm (F sharp minor) ing    (D major) 
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor) She closes her eye (B minor) s
F#m 
and dream (F sharp minor) s     of
G 
 (G major) Walking to Memphis, be

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Verse 2

coming a dentist

Any thing but this

I mean, she likes her life

as a mother and wife

But is that all she is?

Verse 3

She stares out the window

The very next morning, the chicken

Verse 4
F#m 
decides  (F sharp minor) to
D 
Em 
Bm 
 (D major) Make her  (E minor) escape, get a taste  (B minor) of freedom
F#m 
D 
Em 
 (F sharp minor) She  (D major) runs out  (E minor) the coop that
Bm 
F#m 
her life's  (B minor) been confined  (F sharp minor) to
D 
Em 
 (D major) Suddenly  (E minor) sees the thing she's
Bm 
F#m 
 (B minor) only dreamed  (F sharp minor) of
G 
 (G major) Just

Verse 5
up ahead,
A 
Bm 
gophers  (A major) run through a meadow  (B minor) 
A 
F# 
G 
 (A major) Deer graze,  (F sharp major) bird (G major) s sing
Her future is waiting,
A 
Bm 
right  (A major) there for the taking  (B minor) 
A 
F# 
G 
 (A major) There's just  (F sharp major) one  (G major) thing

Verse 6

The chicken must first cross the road

The road

Verse 7
A 
G 
A sea of trees  (A major) and green and  (G major) moss
Em 
D 
F# 
Waiting just  (E minor) across  (D major) the road,  (F sharp major) the road
Bm 
A 
G 
 (B minor) A  (A major) life of brighter days,  (G major) 
Gm 
a width of road away  (G minor) 
Bm 
The  (B minor) road is

Verse 8
Em 
 (E minor) gigantic,
Bm 
F#m 
the chick (B minor) en   (F sharp minor) is little
D 
Em 
 (D major) She moves ahead  (E minor) left-right-left,
right-left-right
Bm 
F#m 
A 
Em 
A 
All  (B minor)  (F sharp minor) All All All  (A major) All  (E minor) of a sud (A major) den,
Bm 
F#m 
 (B minor) she stops in the middle  (F sharp minor) 
D 
Em 
Bm 
F#m 
 (D major) Frozen in place  (E minor) by  a pair  (B minor)  (F sharp minor) of headlights
A 
Em 
 (A major) It's  (E minor) anyone's guess what

Verse 9
A 
 (A major) 
then happened next
D 
Em 
Bm 
A 
F# 
G 
Em 
But  (D major)  (E minor)  (B minor) most  (A major) think  (F sharp major) she  (G major) died  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
 (G major) But I think  (E minor) we ought to be
A 
D 
Em 
 (A major) lieve that she got to  (D major)  (E minor) 
Bm 
A 
Bm 
F# 
G 
 (B minor) The  (A major)  (B minor)  (F sharp major) other  (G major) side