Chicken Fried (Chromatic)

by Zac Brown & Wyatt Durrette · posted by EarthDogHarpin

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Chicken Fried (Chromatic)
Words and Music by Zac Brown and Wyatt Durrette
Key of G Major         Range: D4 to F#5
Requires a 12 hole Key of C Solo tuned chromatic

Tab Notations:
none = blow    - = draw    * = button in
___ = hold; sustain
2_-1___ = slur; move smoothly from note to note then hold
-4___4_-4__-3___3_-2*__3__ = an even longer slur


-1  -4  -4 -4   -3 3     3  2_-1___
You know I like my chick-en fried,_

-4   -5   -5 -4 -5  -5  -4_-3__
cold beer on  a Fri-day night,_

-1 -5   -5 -5    -4   4__ -4___ 3 
a  pair of jeans that fit just_ right,

3   3   3  3 -4 -4_____4_-4__-3_____3_-2*__3__
and the ra-di-o up.___________________________

(Interlude #1)

2     3 3   -4     -4 -4 -4_-3 3   -3___ 
Well, I was raised up be-neath the shade 

-3 3 -4   3   3__2_
of a Geor-gia pine;

-1  3      3        3   2_-1
and that’s home,    you know._

-4    -4   -3 3   -4___ -3  -3_-2* 3__  3___  
Sweet tea, pe-can pie,_ and home - made wine

3     2   3     3  2_-1__
where the peach-es grow._

-1  -4 -4     -5   -5  -5   -4 -3_3__ 3 3___
And my house, it’s not much to talk__ a-bout,

3   3    -4__   -4   -4__-3_ 3      -3___
but it’s filled with love___ that’s grown

-3 -4    3   3__2_
on South-ern ground.

3   2 -4  -4  -4  -3 3     3  2_-1__
And a lit-tle bit of chick-en fried,

-4__ -5__ -5 -4 -5__  -5  -4_-3__
cold beer on a  Fri__-day night,_

-1 -5   -5 -5__  -4   4__ -4___ 3__
a  pair of jeans that fit just_ right,

3   3   3  3 -4 -4___4_-4__-3___
and the ra-di-o up._____________

-1  -3 -4  -4  3___ -1____
Well I see the sun-rise,__

3   3   -5__ -5 -4 -5  -5__ -4_-3__
see the love in my wom-an’s eyes,__

-5   -5  4__   -4 -4 4   -4____ 3___
feel the touch of a  pre-cious_ child

2   3    3 3    -4___ -4_____4_-4__-3____
and know a moth-er’s_ love.______________

-1__ -4  -4 -4___ -3   3   -3  -3  -4_-3__ 3  3___
It’s fun-ny how__ it’s the lit-tle things_ in life

3    3___ 3   2__   3__ -4    -4__ -4__-3 
that mean the most; not where you_ live,_

-3   -3__ -4__-3 3  2   3__   3__ 3  3__  -2*_2_-1
what you_ drive, or the price tag on your clothes.

-1      -3 -4  -4__ -4___ 3__ -3    -3__
There’s no dol-lar_ sign_ on_ peace of__

-4__4_-4_-3__
mind;________

3    3___ 3__  3  -1
this I’ve come to know.

3  3  -4  -4__ -4___ -3   3 -3__  3    -4___
So if you a__- gree, have a drink with me;__

-3    3    3__   3__ 3__ 3 2_-1
raise your glass-es_ for a toast

-3 3 -4  -4  -4  -3 3     3  2_-1___
to a lit-tle bit of chick-en fried,_

-4__ -5__ -5 -4 -5___ -5  -4_-3__ 
cold beer on a  Fri__-day night,_

-1 -5   -5 -5__  -4   4__ -4___ 3__
a  pair of jeans that fit_ just right,

3   3   3  3 -4 -4____4_-4__-3__
and the ra-di-o up._____________

-1   3 -4  -4  3___ -1____
Well I see the sun_-rise,_

3   3   -5__ -5 -4 -5  -5__ -4_-3__
see the love in my wom-an’s eyes,__

-5   -5  4__   -4 -4 4   -4____ 3___ 
feel the touch of a  pre-cious_ child

2   3    3 3    -4___ 
and know a moth-er’s_ 

-4_____4_-4__-3_____3_-2*__3____
love.___________________________

(Interlude #2)

-1 -3    -4___ 3   3__ 2_-1__
I  thank God__ for my_ life__

-1  -5__ -4  -5___ -5  -4_-3___
and for_ the Stars and Stripes.

-5__ -5   4__ -4  4  -4__ -3___-4_-3_3
May_ free-dom for-ev-er__ fly,________

3   -4___ -4______-3__
let it___ ring._______

-1  -4__ 3   3__  3   2_-1
Sal-ute_ the ones who died,

-1  -5__ -5   -5__ -5    -5______
the ones that give their lives___

-4 -5 -5_   4_   -4_ 4__ -4 -3_3__
so we don’t have to_ sac-ri-fice__

3   2   3__    -4__ -4_____4_-4_-3____
all the things we__ love._____________

-4__ -4__ 3     3  2_-1__
Like our_ chick-en fried,

-4   -5   -5 -4 -5__ -5  -4_-3__
cold beer on a  Fri_-day night,_

-1 -5   -5 -5    -4   4__ -4___ 3__
a  pair of jeans that fit just_ right,

3   3   3  3 -4 -4____4_-4__-3__
and the ra-di-o up._____________

-1  -3 -4  -4  3__ -1____
Well I see the sun-rise,_

3   3   -5__ -5 -4 -5  -5   -4_-3__
see the love in my wom-an’s eyes,__

-5   -5  4__   -4 -4 4   -4____ 3___ 
feel the touch of  a pre-cious_ child

2   3    3 3    -4___ -4_____4_-4_-3____
and know a moth-er’s_ love._____________

-4  -4 -4  -3  3     3  2_-1___
Get ya lit-tle chick-en fried,_

-4__ -5__ -5 -4 -5__ -5  -4_-3__
cold beer on  a Fri_-day night,_

-1 -5   -5 -5__  -4   5__ -4___ 3__
a  pair of jeans that fit just_ right,

3   3   3  3 -4__ -4______-5__
and the ra-di-o__ up._________

3 -3   -3 -4  -4  3___ -1___
I like to see the sun-rise,_

3   3   -5__ -5 -4 -5  -5__ 6__-6*_6_-5__
see the love in my wom-an’s eyes,________

-5   -5  4___  -4 -4 4   -4____ 3___
feel the touch of  a pre-cious_ child

2   3    3 3    -4___
and know a moth-er’s_

-4_____4_-4__-3_____3_-2*__3____
love.___________________________


Song with Intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ujS1er1r0

Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound