written by Roger Alan Wade and Dan Bowen from the album "All Likkered Up" tabbed 10/1/05 CAPO II INTRO: G C D G Yeah a chicken wakes up to a new world every day C D G Far as a chicken's concerned everything's a-okay C D G D Ah a chicken don't worry 'bout nothin' but cluckin' and the price of eggs today N/C D And don't worry much about that C D 'Cause what the farmer don't snatch before she can hatch G Ah the weasle gonna steal 'em anyway G D G Ah a chicken wakes up to a new world every day C D You reckon a chicken ever finds herself frettin' G About gettin' old or ugly or fat? C D I know a chicken's kinda dim but I'm goin' out on a limb G I'd say a chicken's smarter'n that C D Hell a chicken's just happy bein' one of them chickens G That ain't one of them chickens in every pot C D You know a chicken knows that half of bein' happy's just bein' happy with what ya got C D And the other half of bein' happy's just bein' happy no matter what C D People life is short, time's a-tickin G/ If you wanna live like a king gotta think like a chicken C D G Oh and a chicken wakes up to a new world everyday C D G Far as a chicken's concerned everything's a-okay C D G D Ah a chicken don't worry 'bout nothin' but cluckin' and the price of eggs today N/C D That's eggs, a-g-g-g-g-g-s, and don't worry much about that C D 'Cause what the farmer don't snatch before she can hatch G Ah the weasle gonna steal 'em anyway G D G Ah a chicken wakes up to a whole new world every day Em C Poor old chicken don't get no respect G D They're either swipin' her eggs or fryin' her legs or tryin' to ring her neck C Well a chicken understands her position and knows in this current condition It ain't gonna change so she made a decision to roost every evenin' D In the rusted out chassis of a beat up Chevrolet C D G And just wake up to a new world every day, yodel-ay C D G Oh a chicken wakes up to a whole new world every day C D G Far as a chicken's concerned everything's a-okay C D G D Ah a chicken don't worry 'bout nothin' but cluckin' and the price of eggs today N/C D And don't worry much about that C D 'Cause what the farmer don't snatch before she can hatch G Hell the weasle gonna steal 'em anyway G D A chicken wakes up to a new world C D A chicken wakes up to a new world G D G C Ah a chicken buck-wakes up to a new world every day G D G C Oh a chicken wakes up to a whole new world every day, alright G D G Hey a chicken wakes up to a whole new world every day