Indigo Girls

Indigo Girls - Chickenman guitar tab

CHICKENMAN (Amy Ray)

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[Tuning: DADGBD]

[Each chord is one measure.]

[I mostly got these chords from the songbook, but I'm not sure they're

right. The songbook had some blatant errors, so I can't really trust it.]

D5: 000230 D7sus: 000210, or maybe 005530? Csus9: 030030 G: 020000

D(4): 000030? D: 000234 Dsus: 000235

[Play the D5 (and possibly the D7sus, if you use the 000210 fingering)

with hammer-ons from 0 to 2 on the G string every now and then.]

D5 D7sus D5

I am an only child born of the wild

D7sus D5 D7sus D5

Riddled to spend my time defending my land

D5 D7sus

You are the only one born in the sun

D5 D7sus D7sus D5

Riddled to spend your time defending my plan

D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5

[instrumental]

D5 D7sus D5 D7sus

Dead dog on the highway, median cats are growling at me

D5 D5 D7sus D5 D5

I turn my lights on brighter, I'm counting through the night ride

Csus9 G D5 D5

And it's one more life for the taker, Chickenman

Csus9 G D5 D5

One more song for the maker, Chickenman

D5 D5 D5 D7sus

On the road to Athens, I saw a dead deer on the highway

D5 D5 D7sus D5 D5

I slipped into a desert, five prairie dogs and a rabbit

I was running down on Queen Street, I saw a woman on the sidewalk

She was beaten by a stranger, danger danger danger

Csus9 G D5 D5

And it's one more life for the taker, Chickenman, hold my hand

Csus9 G D5 D5

One more song for the maker (Hold my hand, Chickenman)

D(4) D5 D(4) D5 D(4) D5 D(4) D5

[Instrumental]

D5 D5 D - Dsus D - Dsus D - Dsus D - Dsus

[instrumental]

I was on the road to Austin, I met a man on the highway

He sold me junk and conversation, he was wise and dirty from the weather

I said, "darkness into darkness, all the carnage of my journeys

Makes it harder to be living;" he said, "it's a long road to be forgiven"

Csus9 G D5 D5

And it's one more life for the taker, Chickenman, hold my hand

Csus9 G D5 D5 D5 [stop]

One more song for the maker (Chickenman, Chickenman, hold my hand)

I am an only child born of the wild

Riddled to spend my time defending my land

You are the only one born in the sun

Riddled to spend your time defending my plan

n.c. n.c. D5 D5

[instrumental]

D5 D5

I went looking for a car, found myself beneath the stars

D5 D5

I went looking for a girl, found a man and his world

D5 - D5/E D5/F# - D5/C

Chickenman, chickenman, chickenman, hold my hand

D5 - D5/E D5/F# - D5/C

Chickenman, chickenman, chickenman, hold my hand [repeat until ending]

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

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