Chicken On The Ground
Billy Joe Shaver
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Continues after the ad
Key:
Verse 1:G There's an old familiarC/G hillside overlooking Emhouse,TexasG Where i left some childhoodD memories layin' roundG I can almost hear theC/G singing,i can still remember prayingG At them old campgroundD meetings eatin' chicken on theG groundG D With them hallelujahsG ringin',everybody shoutin',singin' Give me that old timeD religion,Jesus loves me,this i knowG When life wasC/G finger-lickin' good and God lived in our neighborhoodContinues after the adG At them old campgroundD meetin's eatin' chicken on theC/G ground Verse 2:G I can still rememberC/G feelin' all that happiness inside meG When i praised the Lord andD laid my burdens downG But that chicken must haveC/G tasted better than the word of GodG 'Cause it went slippin'D through my fingers and rollin' onG the ground Chorus. Verse 3:G I reckon everyone of us canC/G call back or rememberG When the taste and smell ofD youth was all aroundG And i reckon in our own wayC/G everyone of us is payin' nowG For eatin' chicken and notD G listenin' to old Parson Brown Chorus (x3).
