Chords for Who Broke the Lock (on the hen house door)?

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170.5 bpm
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Eb

Abm

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Ab

Cm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Who Broke the Lock (on the hen house door)? chords
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Well the hen and the rooster [Cm] from way out west [Abm] said,
The hen to the rooster, [B] I love you the best.
[Ab] The rooster said, [Dbm] it must be a lie, [Eb] I seen you flirtin' with the big [Abm] Shanghai.
Now who broke the lock?
[Db] I don't [Abm] know.
Who broke the lock [D] on the hen house door?
[Abm] I'll find out [Db] before I [Ab] go, who broke the lock [Eb] on the hen [Abm] house door.
Out in the hen [Eb] house on my knees, I thought I heard a chicken sneeze.
It was only the rooster [Db] sayin' his [Eb] prayers and thankin' the Lord for the hens [Ab] upstairs.
Now who broke the lock?
[Db] I don't know.
[Ab] Who broke the lock [Eb] on the hen house door?
[Ab] I'll find out [Db] before I [Ab] go, who broke the lock on the hen house door.
Now there was an old rooster [Eb] about forty years old.
[Abm] He'd done lots of things [Eb] that had never been told.
[Abm] His toes curled up, [Db] he could not scratch, [Eb] but the young hen says his eggs [Abm] still hatched.
Now who broke the lock?
[Db] I don't know.
[Abm] Who broke the lock [Eb] on the hen house door?
[Ab] I'll find out [Db] before I [Eb] go, who broke the lock on the [Abm] hen house door.
Now the old [Eb] rooster said to the hen, you know I love you so let me in.
[Abm] The hen said no, [Db] just go away.
[Eb] I'm sittin' with my egg that I did lay.
Now who broke the lock?
[Db]
I don't [Ab] know.
Who broke the lock on the [Eb] hen house door?
[Ab] I'll find out [Db]
before I [Eb] go, who broke the lock on the [Abm] hen house door.
Then the old [Eb] fox said to the [Abm] hen, open up the [Eb] door or break it [Ab] in.
The hen said no [Db] and began to squat, [Eb] jump from the roost to secure [Ab] the lock.
Now who broke the [Db] lock?
I don't [Abm] know.
Who broke the [Eb] lock on the hen house door?
[Ab] I'll find out [Db] before I go, [Eb] who broke the lock on the hen [Abm] house door.
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Abm
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Db
12341114
Ab
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Cm
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Eb
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Abm
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Db
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_ Well the hen and the rooster [Cm] from way out west [Abm] said,
The hen to the rooster, [B] I love you the best.
[Ab] The rooster said, [Dbm] it must be a lie, [Eb] I seen you flirtin' with the big [Abm] Shanghai.
Now who broke the lock?
[Db] I don't [Abm] know.
Who broke the lock [D] on the hen house door?
[Abm] I'll find out [Db] before I [Ab] go, who broke the lock [Eb] on the hen [Abm] house door. _ _ _ _
Out in the hen [Eb] house on my knees, I thought I heard a chicken sneeze.
It was only the rooster [Db] sayin' his [Eb] prayers and thankin' the Lord for the hens [Ab] upstairs.
Now who broke the lock?
[Db] I don't know.
[Ab] Who broke the lock [Eb] on the hen house door?
[Ab] I'll find out [Db] before I [Ab] go, who broke the lock on the hen house _ door.
_ _ _ Now there was an old rooster [Eb] about forty years old.
[Abm] He'd done lots of things [Eb] that had never been told.
[Abm] His toes curled up, [Db] he could not scratch, [Eb] but the young hen says his eggs [Abm] still hatched.
Now who broke the lock?
[Db] I don't know.
[Abm] Who broke the lock [Eb] on the hen house door?
[Ab] I'll find out [Db] before I [Eb] go, who broke the lock on the [Abm] hen house door. _ _
_ _ Now the old [Eb] rooster said to the hen, you know I love you so let me in.
[Abm] The hen said no, [Db] just go away.
[Eb] I'm sittin' with my egg that I did lay.
Now who broke the lock?
[Db]
I don't [Ab] know.
Who broke the lock on the [Eb] hen house door?
[Ab] I'll find out [Db]
before I [Eb] go, who broke the lock on the [Abm] hen house door. _ _ _ _ _
Then the old [Eb] fox said to the [Abm] hen, open up the [Eb] door or break it [Ab] in.
The hen said no [Db] and began to squat, [Eb] jump from the roost to secure [Ab] the lock.
Now who broke the [Db] lock?
I don't [Abm] know.
Who broke the [Eb] lock on the hen house door?
[Ab] I'll find out [Db] before I go, [Eb] who broke the lock on the hen [Abm] house door.
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