Chicken Fried (Diatonic)

Chicken Fried (Diatonic)
Words and Music by Zac Brown and Wyatt Durrette
Key of G Major         Range: D4 to F#5
For a key of G Richter tuned diatonic

Tab Notations:
none = blow    - = draw    ” = full-step bend 
___ = hold or sustain


3   5    5 5    -4 4     4  -3”___ 
You know I like my chick-en fried,

5__  6__ 6   5 6   6   5_-4__
cold beer on a Fri-day night,

3 6    6  6__   5    -5__ 5___ 4__
a pair of jeans that fit_ just right,

4   4   4  4  5 5_____-5_5__-4____4_-3__4__
and the ra-di-o up.________________________

(Interlude #1)

3”    4 4   5__    5  5  5_-4  4   -4___
Well, I was raised up be-neath the shade 

-4 4 5__  4   4__-3”
of a Geor-gia pine;_

3   4__    4__      4   -3”_-2
and that’s home,    you know._

5__   5__  -4 4__ -4___ -4  -4_-3 4__  4___
Sweet tea, pe-can pie,_ and home_-made wine

4     -3” 4     4__ -3”_-2__
where the peach-es_ grow.___

3   5__ 5__    6__  6__ 6__  5  -4_4__ 4 4___
And my_ house, it’s not much to talk__ a-bout,

4   4    5__    5    5__-4 4      -4___
but it’s filled with love_ that’s grown

-4__ 5     4__ 4__-3”
on__ South-ern ground.

4   -3” 5   5   5   -4 4     4  -3”_-2___
And  a  lit-tle bit of chick-en fried,___

5__  6__  6  5 6__ 6   5_-4__
cold beer on a Fri-day night,

3 6    6  6     5    -5__ 5___ 4__
a pair of jeans that fit_ just right,

4   4   4  4  5 5____-5_5__-4___ 
and the ra-di-o up._____________

3    4__ 5   5   5___ 3____
Well I__ see the sun-rise,_

4   4   6__  6  5  6   6__  5_-4__
see the love in my wom-an’s eyes,_

6    6   5__   5  5 -5  5____ 4___
feel the touch of a pre-cious child

-3” 4    4 4    5___ 5_____-5_5__-4____
and know a moth-er’s love._____________

3    5   5__ 5___ -4   4   -4  -4__ 5_-4__ 4  4___
It’s fun-ny_ how_ it’s the lit-tle_ things in life

4    4___ 4   -3”__ 4__ 5     5__ 5___-4
that mean the most; not where you live,_

-4   -4__ 5__-4  4  -3” 4__   4__ 4  4__  -3_-3”_-2__
what you_ drive, or the price tag on your clothes.___

-2      4__ 5   5__ 5___ 4__ -4    -4__ 5__-5_5_-4__
There’s no_ dol-lar sign on_ peace of__ mind;_______

4    4___ 4__  4  -2 
this I’ve come to know.

4  4  5   5__ 5___  -4   4 -4__  4    5___
So if you a__-gree, have a drink with me;_

-4    4    4__   4__ 4__ 4 -3”_-2
raise your glass-es_ for a toast_

-4 4 5   5   5   -4 4     4  -3”_-2___
to a lit-tle bit of chick-en fried,___

5__  6__  6  5 6__ 6   5_-4__
cold beer on a Fri-day night,

3 6    6  6__   5    -5__ 5___ 4__  
a pair of jeans that fit_ just right,

4   4   4  4  5 5____-5_5__-4__
and the ra-di-o up.____________

-2  -4__ 5   5   5___ 3_____
Well I__ see the sun_-rise,_

4   4   6__  6  5  6   6__  5_-4__
see the love in my wom-an’s eyes,_

6    6   -5__  5  5 -5  5____ 4___
feel the touch of a pre-cious child

-3” 4    4 4    5___ 5____-5_5__-4____4_-3__4____
and know a moth-er’s love._______________________

(Interlude #2)

3 -4    5___ 4   4__ -3”_3__
I thank God_ for my_ life___

3   6__ 5   6___  6__ 5_-4___ 
and for the Stars and Stripes.

6__ 6    -5__ 5   -5 5__ -4___5_-4_4
May free-dom_ for-ev-er_ fly,_______

4   5___ 5______-4__
let it__ ring.______

3   5__ 4   4__  4   -3”_-2
Sal-ute the ones who died,__

3   6__  6    6__  6     6______  
the ones that give their lives__

5  6  6     -5   5  -5  5  -4_4__
so we don’t have to sac-ri-fice__

4   -3” 4__    5__ 5_____-5_5_-4____
all the things we_ love.____________

5__  5__ 4     4  -3”_-2___
Like our chick-en fried,___

5__  6__  6  5 6__ 6   5_-4__
cold beer on a Fri-day night,

3 6    6  6__   5    -5__ 5___ 4__
a pair of jeans that fit_ just right,

4   4   4  4  5 5_____-5_5_-4___
and the ra-di-o up._____________ 

3   -4__ 5   5   5___ 3_____
Well I__ see the sun_-rise,_

4   4   6__  6  5  6   6__  5_-4__
see the love in my wom-an’s eyes,_

6    6   -5__  5  5 -5  5____ 4___
feel the touch of a pre-cious child

-3” 4    4 4    5___ 5____-5_5__-4____
and know a moth-er’s love.____________

5   5  5   -4  4     4  -3”_-2___
Get ya lit-tle chick-en fried,___

5__  6__  6  5 6__ 6   5_-4__
cold beer on a Fri-day night,

3 6    6  6__   5    -5__ 5___ 4__
a pair of jeans that fit_ just right,

4   4   4  4  5 5______6___ 
and the ra-di-o up.________ 

4 -4   -4 5   5   4___ 3_____
I like to see the sun_-rise,_

4   4   6__  6  5  6   6__  -6__-7_-6_6__
see the love in my wom-an’s eyes,________

6    6   -5__  5  5 -5  5____ 4___
feel the touch of a pre-cious child

-3” 4    4 4    5___ 5____-5_5__-4_____4_3__4____
and know a moth-er’s love._______________________


Here's the song with additional intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4ujS1er1r0