Henhouse Chords by Ray Wylie Hubbard

_ One, two, three.
[A] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ ♪ Chet like tongue I put his [D] roots ♪
♪ I feed it to the mice around [A] the chicken coop ♪
♪ Says to come a-runnin' to sign the lawn ♪
♪ It's a-layin' a henhouse and there's blood [A] in the barn ♪ _ _
♪ And now a damn fox does what a damn fox [D] does ♪
♪ Sneakin' and a-stealin' [A] and a-lookin' for bugs ♪
♪ The rooster is the devil with some talons and a comb ♪
♪ The sun comes up, it [D] don't crow [A] and moan _ _ ♪
♪ Oh, the fireworks started on the Fourth of July ♪
♪ [D] You place your bets [A] on which one dies ♪
♪ The fox is a killer, the fowl's a maniac ♪
♪ They favor small places [D] to flee [A] woodland, _ hey, hey, [B] hey ♪
♪ [D] Mama better let that gravy simmer ♪
♪ [A] Daddy gonna be a little late for dinner ♪
♪ Feathers are flyin' around the farm ♪
♪ It's a-layin' a [D] henhouse and there's [A] blood in the barn ♪ _ _
♪ Now there's a shed out back where Grandpa's been [D] ♪
♪ He's waitin' for the [A] south to rise again ♪
♪ Don't light a match if you go inside ♪
♪ Smells like catacomb and [D] for my [A]
pride _ _ _ ♪
♪ Oh, he's been in this world for a pretty long time ♪
♪ [D] He says two nickels [A] ain't worth a dime ♪
♪ He's slow as molasses, he's wrinkled and mean ♪
♪ He don't like cankies [D] or [A] lima beans ♪
_ ♪ Well, a blackbird swiped him a bucket of night ♪
♪ [D] He don't care much for [A] the neighbor's wife ♪
♪ She called him a rube, a cracker, and a menace ♪
♪ Worst he ever was [D] was a [A] seventh-day Venice ♪ _ _
♪ Well, he fell into hoops with a rock and roll band ♪
♪ [D] He turned up drunk and [A] tattooed in Japan ♪
♪ He couldn't commit all that to the devil's side ♪
♪ His name reads 6 [D]-6-5 [A]-9, _ hey, hey, [D] hey ♪
♪ Mama better let that gravy simmer [A] ♪
♪ Daddy gonna be a little late for dinner ♪
♪ Feathers are flying around the farm ♪
♪ They're settling in the henhouse [D] and there's blood [A] in the barn _ ♪ Ooh.
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Well, he knocked back to the rooster and the damned old fox [D] ♪
♪ One of them's dead [A] like a car on blocks ♪
♪ _ Grandpa's a-cussing, sister's about to cry ♪
♪ The blackbird says he was baked in a pie ♪
_ _ ♪ Oh, yelling and a-squawking and a-screaming and a-bawling [D] ♪
♪ The phone is a-ringing [A] and the preachers are calling ♪
♪ I keep talking now, there's a ruckus at the gate ♪
♪ I guess salvation's [D] gonna have [A] to wait ♪
♪ Oh, _ _ _ [D] mama better let that gravy simmer ♪
♪ [A] Daddy gonna be a little late for dinner ♪
♪ Feathers are flying around the farm ♪
♪ They're settling in [D] the henhouse and there's [A] blood in the barn ♪ Whoa.
Yeah.
♪ Oh, they're settling in the henhouse [D] and there's blood [A] in the barn ♪ Ooh.
♪ Oh, they're settling in [D] the henhouse and there's [A] blood in the barn _ ♪ _ _ _ _ _ _
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