The chicken and the hawk    (video)    (intro)

 

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1. Well, a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk,

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    well, a girly chicken fell in love with a chicken hawk,

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    fell head over heels for that hawk's sweet talk.

 

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2. She said, take me up, hawky, take me up in the sky,

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    she said take me up, hawky, take me up in the sky,

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    I'm just a little bitty chicken and I don't know how to fly.

 

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He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day,

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up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day,

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up, up, up, up, and away.

 

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3. He met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue,

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    he met a bald headed eagle flying up there in the blue,

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    well, the eagle told the hawk, I'm goin steal that chicken from you.

 

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4. Well, the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet,

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    well, the hawk start flying like a P8 single jet,

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    he said, cool down chicken, the eagle ain't got us yet.

 

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He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day,

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up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day,

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up, up, up, up, and away.

 

+ instrumental = verse 5

 

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5. Well, you asked him for the sun, did you ask him for the moon ?

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    Well, you asked him for the sun, did you ask him for the moon ?

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    He said, cool down, baby,        we're going to be there soon.

 

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He said up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day,

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up, up, and away, we goin' fly all day,

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up, up, up, up, and away.

 

 

(orig. = capo 4th; Video = capo 3rd)    (Big Joe Turner)