Gotta Sell Them Chickens Song Lyrics and Chords by Hank Thompson
Gotta Sell Them Chickens
Recorded by Hank Thompson and Junior Brown
Written Hank Thompson
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Well my pappy told me as I was sittin' on his knee
About the birds and the bees and
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You can do right proud in a college crowd
But you ain't gonna learn that
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Get your degree in the ABC's
And dig out the cold hard
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You've got to sell them chickens
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before they die
And the
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eggs before they
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Now I was told at the Super Bowl
When the crowd let out a
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A big 'ole back with a ball and jack
And went on in to
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The coach recalled when he spiked the ball
Said forget the old cotton
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I wanna sell them chickens
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before they die
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Old slugger's ball was a-headin' to the wall
With what looked like a home run
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But the fielder's glove went high above
And caught it for the final
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On the sporting page he was all the rage
When they asked him how he made that
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catch
Well I sold them chickens
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before they died
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eggs before they
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Now the boxing king climbed into the ring
To fight for the title
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bout
But a right to the jaw was all he saw
As the ref was a countin' him
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out
The manager said as he shook his head
Son you done lost this
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You gotta sell them chickens
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before they die
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eggs before they
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Now a friend I know searched high and low
For the secrets to
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success
And he didn't stop 'til he got to the top
Of old Mt. Ever
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est
An old guru told him all he knew
As he thumbed through his arti
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You gotta sell them chickens
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before they die
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Now the moral here should be clear
And it's one I'd like to
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share
Just be yourself like nobody else
And you might become a million
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aire
Your reply when they wonder why
How'd you make all that
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scratch
Well you sold them chickens
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before they died
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eggs before they
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Yeah want to know how you made that dough
Just tell them how to make a
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Just sell them chickens
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before they die
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eggs before they
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hatch
FAQ
Who sang the the song Gotta Sell Them Chickens?
- The song Gotta Sell Them Chickens was sang by Hank Thompson.
Who is Hank Thompson?
- Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 - November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Thompson's musical style, characterized as honky-tonk Western swing, was a mixture of fiddles, electric guitar, and steel guitar that featured his distinctive, smooth baritone vocals.
His backing band, The Brazos Valley Boys, was voted the top Country Western Band for 14 years in a row by Billboard. Thompson pursued a "light" version of the Western swing sound that Bob Wills and others played the primary difference between his music and that of Bob Wills was that Thompson, who used the swing beat and instrumentation to enhance his vocals, discouraged the intense instrumental soloing from his musicians that Wills encouraged however, the "Hank Thompson sound" exceeded Bob Wills in top-40 country hits.
Although not as prominent on the top country charts in later decades, Thompson remained a recording artist and concert draw well into his 80s.
The 2013 game Grand Theft Auto V featured his song "It Don't Hurt Anymore" in the fictional radio show, Rebel Radio.
The 1987 novel Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb was inspired by Thompson's life, specifically by his practice of picking up a local band to back him when he toured. In 2009, Cobb's novel was turned into a successful film directed by Scott Cooper and starring Jeff Bridges in an Academy Award-winning performance.
