Chicken Fried | Chords + Lyrics (tune down 1/2 step)
Intro
| 4/4 N.C G | G D7 G6 | G D7 | G D | 2/4 D/F# |
| 4/4 G D7 | Cmaj7 | Cadd9 C | G (/A /B /C) | D |
Chorus 1
| G | G | D | D |
You know I like my chicken fried, a cold beer on a Friday night.
| C | C | G | D |
A pair of jeans that fit just right and the radio u-up.
Instrumental 1
| (D) G | G | D | D |
| C | C | G | D |
Verse 1 (half tempo)
| G D | C D |
Well, I was raised up beneath the shade of a Georgia pine, and that’s home you know.
| G D | C D Dsus4 |
Sweet tea pecan pie and homemade wine, where the peaches grow.
| G D | C D |
And my house it’s not much to talk about.
| G D | (C B C C#) |
But it’s filled with love that’s grown in southern ground.
Chorus 2
| D N.C | (N.C) G | G | D | D |
And a little bit of chicken fried, cold beer on a Friday night.
| C | C | G | D |
A pair of jeans that fit just right, and the radio up.
| G | G | D | D |
Well, I’ve seen the sunrise, see the love in my woman’s eyes.
| C | C | G | D |
Feel the touch of a precious child and know a mother’s love.
Verse 2 (half tempo)
| G D | C D |
It’s funny how it’s the little things in life, that mean the most.
| G D | C Dadd4 |
Not where you live or what you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
| G D | C D |
There’s no dollar sign on a peace of mind this I’ve come to know.
| G D | C D |
So if you agree have a drink with me raise your glasses for a toast.
Chorus 3
| D N.C | (N.C) G | G | D | D |
To a little bit of chicken fried, a cold beer on a Friday night.
| C | C | G | D |
A pair of jeans that fit just right and the radio up.
| G | G | D | D |
Well, I’ve seen the sunrise, see the love in my woman’s eyes.
| C | C | G | D |
Feel the touch of a precious child and know a mother’s love.
Solo (fiddle)
||: G | G | D | D |
| C | C | G | D :||
Instrumental (guitar)
| G (G6) | G | D | D Dsus4 |
| Cmaj7 | Cadd9 C | G | Dadd4 |
Middle 8 (half tempo)
| G | D |
I thank God for my life and for the stars and stripes.
| C | G D |
May freedom forever fly, let it ring.
| G | D |
Salute the ones who died, the ones that give their lives.
| C | G D |
So we don’t have to sacrifice all the things we love.
Chorus 4
| (N.C) G | G | D | D |
Like our chicken fried. Cold beer on a Friday night.
| C | C | G | D |
A pair of jeans that fit just right and the radio u-up.
| G | G | D | D |
Well, I’ve seen the sunrise, see the love in my woman’s eyes.
| C | C | G | D |
Feel the touch of a precious child and know a mother’s love.
Chorus 5 (half-tempo reggae!)
| G | D |
Get a little chicken fried, cold beer on a Friday night.
| C N.C | G D |
A pair of jeans that fit just right and the radio u-up.
Outro
| G | G | D | D |
Well, I’ve seen the sunrise, see the love in my woman’s eyes.
| C | C | G | D | G | G |
Feel the touch of a precious child and know a mother’s love.
Chicken Fried chords, progressions, time signatures, and TAB
Chicken Fried by the Zac Brown Band has become somewhat of a standard in the contemporary country band’s repertoire.
First released in 2005, it was the re-released version in 2008 on a major label that made it a hit. In between the two dates another band, The Lost Trailers, had a stab at it but their version was withdrawn from radio play.
Anyway, once “out there” the was no stoppin’ Chicken Fried and its patriotic pro-America undertones as it claimed the #1 spot in the Country charts and sold 5 million copies.
To learn it, you must play along with the original recording using the chords and lyrics above. One immediate problem will present itself; you must tune the guitar down 1/2 step. Use my online guitar tuner to achieve this.
Alternatively, you can use the Digitech drop pedal to achieve the same result, either way, you simply must play Chicken Fried’s chords as if in the key of G.
As a member, you get a transcription of that terrifying intro, we also analyze the chords and work on how to get to terms with the time signatures and how the band “coming in on the 2” is likely to throw you off.
Chicken Fried chords | Related pages
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Zac Brown Band
After self-releasing an album in 2005, the Zac Brown Band gathered interest from record label Atlantic.
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Zac Brown Band on the web
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