I Like My Chicken Fryin' Size Written and recorded by Merle Travis
C A7 D7 G7 C Well I like my chicken fryin' size when they’re hangin’ around my pen A7 D7 G7 Young and tender not so wise like some old stewing hen C F D7 G7 Because she's done seen a lot of ever rooster in the flock F C D7 G7 C So I like my chicken fryin' size when I get my skillet hot
A7 D7 G7 C Well I like my chicken fryin' size chicken just can't be beat A7 D7 G7 Nothing in the world can satisfy like that good old chicken meat C F D7 G7 Now the south has brought to fame that frying chicken's name F C D7 G7 C But any little chicken fryin' size is pretty well near the same
A7 D7 G7 C Well I like my chicken fryin' size and I bet that you’ll agree A7 D7 G7 I heard a little chicken passing by sure looks heavenly C F D7 G7 From the day that I was born until Gabriel blows his horn F C D7 G7 C If I don't like chicken fryin' size brother roasting ears ain't corn