Tom T. Hall - The Song Of The One Legged Chicken Chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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Do you like true stories? I do
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That's why I'm singing this song
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A song about a one-legged chicken
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Who lives in the straw on the floor in my barn
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I remember the day she was hatched out
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The vet came to see her and said
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"She has only one leg. She'll never grow up."
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He said that chick would be better off dead
 
 
[Verse 2]
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I said, "No, let's just let her keep growing
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We'll just wait and see how she gets"
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Before very long, she was hopping
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And pecking and chasing the bugs with the rest
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And now she is a beautiful chicken
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Though she has only one leg
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When I go to see her each morning
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She hops from the nest and she leaves me an egg
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And she cackles
 
 
[Verse 3]
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Do you like true stories? I do
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That's why I've sung you this song
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The song about the one-legged chicken
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Who lives on the floor in my barn