Chicken Blows

Guided By Voices

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'Chicken Blows' by Guided by Voices
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from the 1995 album Alien Lanes
Tab by James Glover (Sebadonut)


[Intro]

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                             Chicken

[Verse One]

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   blows       I     suppose           we could have a   girl or a boy and I

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   see   what you    mean              Im not here  to   drink all the beer in the


[Chorus]

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   fridge   in the   room     in the   house                       in the

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   place   that we   both        so    love                                                           can you


[Verse Two]

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   sink     to the   depths            I dont know  I    dont even care and our

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   lives   slip      away              in the end we will probably reach all the


[Chorus]

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   way      to the   walls    over     there                     have you

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   flown      our    courage is only a 


[Outro]

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   taste and Ill get paid If you get   laid    its our   parade