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Running With Chicken

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DWhen your day is bad
DAnd you're feeling sad
GAnd you're kinda mad
GAnd you're sure not glad
EmAnd you're thinking this is the opposite of rDad
DWhen things are tough 
DAnd you've had enough
GAnd the going gets rough
GAnd you're in a huff
EmAnd a whole bunch of real bad other Dstuff
Chorus:
GYoG/F#u knoG/Ew it's Emtrue
There's one thing GlG/F#eft tG/Eo doEm  
Go running with Dchicken
Go running with your Gdeep fried dreams
When your extra Emcrispy destiny aDwaits
Go running with Dchicken
Original Grecipe
Time to Emrisk it
Leave the biscuit and Dfly
Go running with cDhicken
DYou've had it up to here 
DAnd it's all you fear
GNothing's clear
GYou're sheer out of cheer
You're a Emfinger lickin' good time pioDneer
DWhen you're feeling spastic
DAnd it's not fantastic
GIt's hard to be sarcastic
GWhen you're pants are elastic
And you're Emthinking that it's time to do something Ddrastic
GYoG/F#u're G/Eon the Emprowl
To GjaG/F#nk thG/Eat fowlEm  
Go running with Dchicken
Your Kentucky Fried Gfate unfurls
EmYou can eat so you don't have to Dfeel
Go running with Dchicken
Even if you can't Gmove real fast
Just say Emfuck it
Take the bucket and Dfly
Go running with Dchicken
AIt's not Bmracist
'Cause Gwhite people like chicken too
ATime to Bmface it
GEveryone around the world is better
Because of Dchicken

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Running With Chicken

by Garfunkel and Oates

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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G/F#

G/E

When your day is bad

And you're feeling sad

And you're kinda mad

And you're sure not glad

Em D

And you're thinking this is the opposite of rad

When things are tough

And you've had enough

And the going gets rough

And you're in a huff

Em D

And a whole bunch of real bad other stuff

Chorus:

G G/F# G/E Em

You know it's true

G G/F# G/E Em

There's one thing left to do

Go running with chicken

Go running with your deep fried dreams

Em D

When your extra crispy destiny awaits

Go running with chicken

Original recipe

Time to risk it

Leave the biscuit and fly

Go running with chicken

You've had it up to here

And it's all you fear

Nothing's clear

You're sheer out of cheer

Em D

You're a finger lickin' good time pioneer

When you're feeling spastic

And it's not fantastic

It's hard to be sarcastic

When you're pants are elastic

Em D

And you're thinking that it's time to do something drastic

G G/F# G/E Em

You're on the prowl

G G/F# G/E Em

To jank that fowl

Go running with chicken

Your Kentucky Fried fate unfurls

Em D

You can eat so you don't have to feel

Go running with chicken

Even if you can't move real fast

Just say fuck it

Take the bucket and fly

Go running with chicken

A Bm

It's not racist

'Cause white people like chicken too

A Bm

Time to face it

Everyone around the world is better

Because of chicken

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