Wv 4-H - I Had A Chicken Cifras

"I Had A Chicken"
This is a song we sing in WV 4-H
 
Verse: (Single Strum)
        C             G
I had a [chicken], no [[eggs]] would it lay,
        G             C
I had a [chicken], no [[eggs]] would it lay.
            F                            C
And Ma said Honey (Honey!), we're losin' money! (money!)
                G             C
'Cause that ole [chicken], no [[eggs]] will it lay
 
 
Mute Strum 5 Times: D D DUD
 
Chorus:
              F                     C
And then that rooster came into our yard,
                G                       C
and caught that [chicken] right off her guard.
              F                           C
We're getting [[[eggs now]]] just like we used to,
                G                     C
Ever since that rooster came into our yard, yard, yard.
              F                           C
We're getting [[[eggs now]]] just like we used to, 
                G                     C
Ever since that rooster came into our yard.
 
       [ ]              [[ ]]      [[[ ]]]
milk cow             milk         egg nog
vegetable garden     vegetables   egg plants
bubble gum machine   bubble gum   chicklets
gas station          gas          eggson
wall                 doors        eggsits
dog                  pups         pooched eggs
toaster              toast        egos
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