Chords for Sandra Boynton’s PHILADELPHIA CHICKENS The Bacon Brothers
Tempo:
98.225 bpm
Chords used:
G
Am
Eb
D
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [Bm]
[B] [N]
[Bbm] [N]
[A]
[Am] [Gb]
[A] [Dbm] [Ab] [Am] [Eb]
[Am] [Eb] [C] We're coming from Connecticut, [C] 995, heading for the [G] sensitive [Am] East River Drive, through
the [G] pretty little [Gb] city on the [F] Delaware.
[E] The Philadelphia Chickens are sure to be [Am] there, all the Philadelphia Chickens will be dancing [G] tonight.
[D] Thousands of chickens in the [Am] pale moonlight, they [G] can't stand [Gb] still when the trumpets play.
Strike up the band to get [A] out of the way.
[D] Here come those Philadelphia Chickens, [Db] the swing [Gb] sliding roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, [G] [Dbm] up over and stroll.
[Gbm] If you want to start [Eb] moving like anything, [E] find a Philadelphia [A] Chicken to [Gb] teach you to swing.
[Eb] [A]
[D] [E] [Gbm] If you [C] haven't ever [Cm] seen it, you can't just [D] stand.
There's all these amazing [A] chickens in a big swing band.
They're [G] hiding their [Gbm] turns, [F] loosening their [E] knees, whatever they do, they [Gb] do it with ease.
Philadelphia [D] Chickens will be dancing tonight.
Thousands of [Gb] chickens in the pale moonlight.
There's nothing like a chicken that knows how to swing.
[Am]
Poetry in [Db] motion, it's a beautiful thing.
Just [Am] watch those Philadelphia Chickens, Philadelphia [A] Chickens, swing [C] sliding [Gb] roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, Philadelphia [Eb] Chickens, up [D] over and [Dbm] stroll.
[D] [Am] Philadelphia [D] Chickens,
[A] move those chicken [Am] feet.
[D] Philadelphia Chickens, [Gbm] feel [E] that chicken [D] beat.
If you want to start [Gb] moving like anything, [Am] find a Philadelphia Chicken to [E] teach you to swing.
[F] Yeah, [Bb] swing it, chickens.
[Fm] [Bbm] [Cm] [G] [Fm] [Bb]
[Gm] [Bbm] [Eb] [G]
[C] [F] [G] Hey, hey, [Bb] yo, yo, let it swing and [Eb] watch it go.
You [Ab] gotta like what a [G] chicken [F] has, a little bit of attitude.
The whole lot of [Eb] jazz, now the feathers are flying and the music is [Bb] great.
The chickens keep flocking right [G] over the gate.
Lancaster County's in a [Cm] state of [F] alarm.
How they gonna keep them down on the farm?
How they gonna keep them down on the [D] farm?
They're never gonna [F] keep them down on the farm.
[E] What's [Eb] a good [G] Philadelphia Chicken?
[Gm] Swing sliding [G] roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, [C] up [F] over and stroll.
[G] Philadelphia Chickens, [Bb] Philadelphia Chickens, move those [G] chicken feet.
Philadelphia [C] Chickens, [Gm] feel [F] that [Eb] chicken beat.
If you want to start moving [G] like anything, [Bb] find a Philadelphia Chicken to teach you to swing.
[G] Whoa, Philadelphia Chickens, swivel dance the night.
[Gm] Thousands of chickens in the [G] pale moonlight.
I don't [E] know much, but I know one thing.
[Bb] These are serious chickens when it [G] comes to swing.
Mmm, so [Bb] unique.
Oh, dig to beat.
[G] [Cm] Hey, [Eb] let's jump in there, stuff.
[Bb] Can't [G] get enough of that hot goo.
Look at that effect.
[Db] [Gm] Those chickens swing.
[Eb] Dance, [E] dance, chickens in the moon above.
[F] Right here in the city of chickenly love.
[Bbm] [Ab]
[D] Chickens.
[G] [N] [A] [C] [B] [C]
[Bm] [Am] [Gb] [F] [E]
[Am] [C] [D] [Am] [G] [C]
[Eb] [Am] [Gb]
[B] [N]
[Bbm] [N]
[A]
[Am] [Gb]
[A] [Dbm] [Ab] [Am] [Eb]
[Am] [Eb] [C] We're coming from Connecticut, [C] 995, heading for the [G] sensitive [Am] East River Drive, through
the [G] pretty little [Gb] city on the [F] Delaware.
[E] The Philadelphia Chickens are sure to be [Am] there, all the Philadelphia Chickens will be dancing [G] tonight.
[D] Thousands of chickens in the [Am] pale moonlight, they [G] can't stand [Gb] still when the trumpets play.
Strike up the band to get [A] out of the way.
[D] Here come those Philadelphia Chickens, [Db] the swing [Gb] sliding roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, [G] [Dbm] up over and stroll.
[Gbm] If you want to start [Eb] moving like anything, [E] find a Philadelphia [A] Chicken to [Gb] teach you to swing.
[Eb] [A]
[D] [E] [Gbm] If you [C] haven't ever [Cm] seen it, you can't just [D] stand.
There's all these amazing [A] chickens in a big swing band.
They're [G] hiding their [Gbm] turns, [F] loosening their [E] knees, whatever they do, they [Gb] do it with ease.
Philadelphia [D] Chickens will be dancing tonight.
Thousands of [Gb] chickens in the pale moonlight.
There's nothing like a chicken that knows how to swing.
[Am]
Poetry in [Db] motion, it's a beautiful thing.
Just [Am] watch those Philadelphia Chickens, Philadelphia [A] Chickens, swing [C] sliding [Gb] roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, Philadelphia [Eb] Chickens, up [D] over and [Dbm] stroll.
[D] [Am] Philadelphia [D] Chickens,
[A] move those chicken [Am] feet.
[D] Philadelphia Chickens, [Gbm] feel [E] that chicken [D] beat.
If you want to start [Gb] moving like anything, [Am] find a Philadelphia Chicken to [E] teach you to swing.
[F] Yeah, [Bb] swing it, chickens.
[Fm] [Bbm] [Cm] [G] [Fm] [Bb]
[Gm] [Bbm] [Eb] [G]
[C] [F] [G] Hey, hey, [Bb] yo, yo, let it swing and [Eb] watch it go.
You [Ab] gotta like what a [G] chicken [F] has, a little bit of attitude.
The whole lot of [Eb] jazz, now the feathers are flying and the music is [Bb] great.
The chickens keep flocking right [G] over the gate.
Lancaster County's in a [Cm] state of [F] alarm.
How they gonna keep them down on the farm?
How they gonna keep them down on the [D] farm?
They're never gonna [F] keep them down on the farm.
[E] What's [Eb] a good [G] Philadelphia Chicken?
[Gm] Swing sliding [G] roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, [C] up [F] over and stroll.
[G] Philadelphia Chickens, [Bb] Philadelphia Chickens, move those [G] chicken feet.
Philadelphia [C] Chickens, [Gm] feel [F] that [Eb] chicken beat.
If you want to start moving [G] like anything, [Bb] find a Philadelphia Chicken to teach you to swing.
[G] Whoa, Philadelphia Chickens, swivel dance the night.
[Gm] Thousands of chickens in the [G] pale moonlight.
I don't [E] know much, but I know one thing.
[Bb] These are serious chickens when it [G] comes to swing.
Mmm, so [Bb] unique.
Oh, dig to beat.
[G] [Cm] Hey, [Eb] let's jump in there, stuff.
[Bb] Can't [G] get enough of that hot goo.
Look at that effect.
[Db] [Gm] Those chickens swing.
[Eb] Dance, [E] dance, chickens in the moon above.
[F] Right here in the city of chickenly love.
[Bbm] [Ab]
[D] Chickens.
[G] [N] [A] [C] [B] [C]
[Bm] [Am] [Gb] [F] [E]
[Am] [C] [D] [Am] [G] [C]
[Eb] [Am] [Gb]
Key:
G
Am
Eb
D
Gb
G
Am
Eb
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_ _ [Am] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Dbm] _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Am] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] We're coming from Connecticut, [C] 995, heading for the [G] sensitive [Am] East River Drive, through
the [G] pretty little [Gb] city on the [F] Delaware.
[E] The Philadelphia Chickens are sure to be [Am] there, all the Philadelphia Chickens will be dancing [G] tonight.
[D] Thousands of chickens in the [Am] pale moonlight, they [G] can't stand [Gb] still when the trumpets play.
Strike up the band to get [A] out of the way.
[D] Here come those Philadelphia Chickens, [Db] the swing [Gb] sliding roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, [G] [Dbm] up over and stroll.
[Gbm] If you want to start [Eb] moving like anything, [E] find a Philadelphia [A] Chicken to [Gb] teach you to swing.
[Eb] _ [A] _
[D] _ [E] _ [Gbm] If you [C] haven't ever [Cm] seen it, you can't just [D] stand.
There's all these amazing [A] chickens in a big swing band.
They're [G] hiding their [Gbm] turns, [F] loosening their [E] knees, whatever they do, they [Gb] do it with ease.
Philadelphia [D] Chickens will be dancing tonight.
Thousands of [Gb] chickens in the pale moonlight.
There's nothing like a chicken that knows how to swing.
[Am]
Poetry in [Db] motion, it's a beautiful thing.
Just [Am] watch those Philadelphia Chickens, Philadelphia [A] Chickens, swing [C] sliding [Gb] roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, Philadelphia [Eb] Chickens, up [D] over and [Dbm] stroll.
[D] [Am] Philadelphia [D] Chickens, _
[A] move those chicken [Am] feet.
_ [D] Philadelphia Chickens, [Gbm] feel [E] that chicken [D] beat.
If you want to start [Gb] moving like anything, [Am] find a Philadelphia Chicken to [E] teach you to swing.
_ [F] _ Yeah, [Bb] swing it, chickens.
[Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] Hey, hey, [Bb] yo, yo, let it swing and [Eb] watch it go.
You [Ab] gotta like what a [G] chicken [F] has, a little bit of attitude.
The whole lot of [Eb] jazz, now the feathers are flying and the music is [Bb] great.
The chickens keep flocking right [G] over the gate.
Lancaster County's in a [Cm] state of [F] alarm.
How they gonna keep them down on the farm?
How they gonna keep them down on the [D] farm?
They're never gonna [F] keep them down on the farm.
[E] What's [Eb] a good [G] Philadelphia Chicken?
_ [Gm] Swing sliding [G] roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, [C] _ up [F] over and stroll.
[G] Philadelphia Chickens, [Bb] Philadelphia Chickens, move those [G] chicken feet. _
Philadelphia [C] Chickens, [Gm] feel [F] that [Eb] chicken beat.
If you want to start moving [G] like anything, [Bb] find a Philadelphia Chicken to teach you to swing.
[G] Whoa, Philadelphia Chickens, swivel dance the night.
[Gm] Thousands of chickens in the [G] pale moonlight.
I don't [E] know much, but I know one thing.
[Bb] These are serious chickens when it [G] comes to swing.
Mmm, so [Bb] unique.
Oh, dig to beat.
[G] [Cm] Hey, [Eb] let's jump in there, stuff.
[Bb] _ Can't [G] get enough of that hot goo.
Look at that effect.
[Db] _ [Gm] Those chickens swing.
[Eb] Dance, [E] dance, chickens in the moon above.
[F] Right here in the city of chickenly love. _
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[D] Chickens.
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[Bm] _ [Am] _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [C] _
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_ _ [Am] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Dbm] _ [Ab] _ [Am] _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Am] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] We're coming from Connecticut, [C] 995, heading for the [G] sensitive [Am] East River Drive, through
the [G] pretty little [Gb] city on the [F] Delaware.
[E] The Philadelphia Chickens are sure to be [Am] there, all the Philadelphia Chickens will be dancing [G] tonight.
[D] Thousands of chickens in the [Am] pale moonlight, they [G] can't stand [Gb] still when the trumpets play.
Strike up the band to get [A] out of the way.
[D] Here come those Philadelphia Chickens, [Db] the swing [Gb] sliding roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, [G] [Dbm] up over and stroll.
[Gbm] If you want to start [Eb] moving like anything, [E] find a Philadelphia [A] Chicken to [Gb] teach you to swing.
[Eb] _ [A] _
[D] _ [E] _ [Gbm] If you [C] haven't ever [Cm] seen it, you can't just [D] stand.
There's all these amazing [A] chickens in a big swing band.
They're [G] hiding their [Gbm] turns, [F] loosening their [E] knees, whatever they do, they [Gb] do it with ease.
Philadelphia [D] Chickens will be dancing tonight.
Thousands of [Gb] chickens in the pale moonlight.
There's nothing like a chicken that knows how to swing.
[Am]
Poetry in [Db] motion, it's a beautiful thing.
Just [Am] watch those Philadelphia Chickens, Philadelphia [A] Chickens, swing [C] sliding [Gb] roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, Philadelphia [Eb] Chickens, up [D] over and [Dbm] stroll.
[D] [Am] Philadelphia [D] Chickens, _
[A] move those chicken [Am] feet.
_ [D] Philadelphia Chickens, [Gbm] feel [E] that chicken [D] beat.
If you want to start [Gb] moving like anything, [Am] find a Philadelphia Chicken to [E] teach you to swing.
_ [F] _ Yeah, [Bb] swing it, chickens.
[Fm] _ _ [Bbm] _ [Cm] _ [G] _ [Fm] _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ [Bbm] _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ [G] Hey, hey, [Bb] yo, yo, let it swing and [Eb] watch it go.
You [Ab] gotta like what a [G] chicken [F] has, a little bit of attitude.
The whole lot of [Eb] jazz, now the feathers are flying and the music is [Bb] great.
The chickens keep flocking right [G] over the gate.
Lancaster County's in a [Cm] state of [F] alarm.
How they gonna keep them down on the farm?
How they gonna keep them down on the [D] farm?
They're never gonna [F] keep them down on the farm.
[E] What's [Eb] a good [G] Philadelphia Chicken?
_ [Gm] Swing sliding [G] roll.
Philadelphia Chickens, [C] _ up [F] over and stroll.
[G] Philadelphia Chickens, [Bb] Philadelphia Chickens, move those [G] chicken feet. _
Philadelphia [C] Chickens, [Gm] feel [F] that [Eb] chicken beat.
If you want to start moving [G] like anything, [Bb] find a Philadelphia Chicken to teach you to swing.
[G] Whoa, Philadelphia Chickens, swivel dance the night.
[Gm] Thousands of chickens in the [G] pale moonlight.
I don't [E] know much, but I know one thing.
[Bb] These are serious chickens when it [G] comes to swing.
Mmm, so [Bb] unique.
Oh, dig to beat.
[G] [Cm] Hey, [Eb] let's jump in there, stuff.
[Bb] _ Can't [G] get enough of that hot goo.
Look at that effect.
[Db] _ [Gm] Those chickens swing.
[Eb] Dance, [E] dance, chickens in the moon above.
[F] Right here in the city of chickenly love. _
_ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Ab] _ _
[D] Chickens.
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[Bm] _ [Am] _ _ [Gb] _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ [C] _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [C] _
[Eb] _ [Am] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ _