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THIS EGG IS A CHICKEN
 
WORDS & MUSIC:   Earl P. Reinhalter
  
 
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        INTRO:  Dm - Am - Dm - Am
                Dm
            I.  this egg is an egg.
                Am
                this egg is a chicken.
                Dm
                that's what religion says.
                Am
                I don't see the difference.
                E-D-E
       CHORUS:        this egg is a chicken,
                E-D-E/B
                      this egg is a chicken,
                E-D-E
                      this egg is a chicken,
                E-D-E/B
                      this egg is a chicken --
                D E  F         F    E    D
                ever since the rooster's been by.
                E-D-E
                      this egg is a chicken,
                E-D-E/B
                      this egg is a chicken.
                /// REPEAT INTRO ///
                Dm
           II.  they say every egg
                Am
                is a sacred birth.
                Dm
                they said the sun
                Am
                revolves around the earth.
                /// REPEAT CHORUS ///
 INSTRUMENTAL:  like two verses and a chorus
                Dm
          III.  rooster had another wet dream.
                Am
                oops - another dead chickadee.
                Dm
                what kind of farmer would say
                Am
                fertilizer is a tree?
                /// REPEAT CHORUS ///
 INSTRUMENTAL:  like two verses
       ENDING:  E-D-E
 
© Copyright 1989 Earl P. Reinhalter.    All Rights Reserved.
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