Chords for Cab Calloway - a Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird (1940)

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_ [Ab] Chicken, _ [Gbm] _ _ [Eb] _
nice fried [Db] chicken, _ [B] _ _ _ [Bb]
[Eb] BBQ [Ab] chicken, _ _ _ _ won't you send it [Eb] down the line.
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Hey, _ everyone's [Fm] talking about chicken. _
_ [Cm] _ Chicken's a [Fm] popular bird. _
[Eb] _ Anywhere you go [Ab] you're bound to [Gm] find
[Ab] that [Cm] chicken ain't nothing but a [Gm] bird. _
[Cm] Some folks [Fm] call it a fowl. _
[Cm] _ That's the [D] story I heard.
[Cm] But let them [G] call it this [Ab] and let them call [F] it [Ab] that.
Chicken ain't nothing [Cm] but a bird. _
[Ab] You can boil it, roast it, [Cm] broil it, cook it in a pan [Eb] or a pot. _ _
[Fm] Eat it with [F] potatoes, rice or tomatoes.
[D] Chicken [C] still is what you've [Db] got.
[D] Boy, [Cm] _ it was a dish [D] for old Caesar. _ _
[Cm] _ Also King [D] Henry III. _
[Eb] But Columbus was [Ab] smart, said you [F] can't fool [Cm] me.
Chicken ain't nothing but a bird. _
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[Ab] _ can [Abm] boil it, roast it, broil [Cm] it, cook it in a pan or [Eb] a pot. _ _ _
[Ab] Eat it with potatoes, [Cm] rice or tomatoes.
Chicken still is what you've got.
Boy, it was a dish for [D] old Caesar. _ _
[Cm] Also King Henry [Fm] III. _
[Eb] But Columbus was smart, [Ab] said you can't [Abm] fool [Ab] me.
Chicken ain't nothing but a bird.
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