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Chicken Is Nice - Dave Van Ronk Chords

Chords: C/G, F, G6, C

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Genre: folk, blues, traditional


Liberian folk song which originally appeared on an obscure collection,

Tribal, Folk and Cafe Music of

West Africa, recorded in 1949 by an ethnomusicologist named Arthur Alberts

from a blind pianist and

composer, Howard Hayes. (Credit to Elijah Wald for research)

[Verse 1]
C/G
I don't want no wife from Robert's Falls
C/G
Don't want no wife from Robert's Falls
C/G F C/G
The o-only dish she can cook is fried fish
C/G G6 C/G
Don't want no wife from Robert's Falls

[Chorus]
C/G C/G
Chicken is nice, chicken is nice
C/G F
Chicken is nice
G6 C
With palm butter and rice

[Verse 2]
C/G
I don't want no wife from Cape Palmas
C/G
Don't want no wife from Cape Palmas
C/G F C/G
If I move around, she'll put me in the ground
C/G G6 C/G
I don't want no wife from Cape Palmas

[Chorus]
C/G C/G
Chicken is nice, chicken is nice
C/G F
Chicken is nice
G6 C
With palm butter and rice

[Verse 3]
C/G
I don't want no wife from Sinoe
C/G
Don't want no wife from Sinoe
C/G F C/G
If I go out at night, she'll challenge me to fight
C/G G6 C/G
I don't want no wife from Sinoe

[Chorus]
C/G C/G
Chicken is nice, chicken is nice
C/G F
Chicken is nice
G6 C
With palm butter and rice

[Verse 4]

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