Billy Joe Shaver - Chicken On The Ground guitar chord

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******************* CHICKEN ON THE GROUND *******************

written and performed by Billy Joe Shaver.

Verse 1:

G C/G

There's an old familiar hillside overlooking Emhouse,Texas

G D

Where i left some childhood memories layin' round

G C/G

I can almost hear the singing,i can still remember praying

G D G

At them old campground meetings eatin' chicken on the ground

Chorus:

G D G

With them hallelujahs ringin',everybody shoutin',singin'

D

Give me that old time religion,Jesus loves me,this i know

G C/G

When life was finger-lickin' good and God lived in our neighborhood

G D C/G

At them old campground meetin's eatin' chicken on the ground

Verse 2:

G C/G

I can still remember feelin' all that happiness inside me

G D

When i praised the Lord and laid my burdens down

G C/G

But that chicken must have tasted better than the word of God

G D G

'Cause it went slippin' through my fingers and rollin' on the ground

Chorus.

Verse 3:

G C/G

I reckon everyone of us can call back or remember

G D

When the taste and smell of youth was all around

G C/G

And i reckon in our own way everyone of us is payin' now

G D G

For eatin' chicken and not listenin' to old Parson Brown

Chorus (x3).

Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr

http://soleil.univ-mlv.fr/~perret/country.html