Cargills Chicken Song

Cargills Chicken Song- tune of American Pie
Robert McNeil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B6ascveQmY
 G        Em
A long, long time ago
Am                         Em                    D
I can still remember when the chickens used to play outside
   G          Em
And I knew if I had my chance
   Am        C
To join a vigil, take a stance
     Em           C                    D
Well maybe we can change some hearts and minds
 Em           Am
In February they freeze and shiver
  Em                 Am
In open crates they're still delivered
C              Am
Bad news baby chickens
     C                    D
7 weeks old your clock stops ticking
     G             Em
And I still know it’s OK to cry
     Am          D
That half a million lose their lives
G                Em
Every week there - just inside
     C       D7       G
It’s where - the chickens die..(& they were singing)..

CHORUS
G  C            G          D
Cargill-where the chickens all die
  G        C               G    D
80,000 every day-slashed and electrified
    G       C        G              D
And good ole boys  are sharpening their knives,
       Em                      A7  Em                     D7
Singing this'll be the day that they die.. this'll be the day that they die...

G             Am
Did you fill the floor with blood
       C              Am
And yes chickens miss the sky above
Em               D
But that’s not how their story goes
         G            Em
As they're loaded in their tiny crates

Am                    C
Do you think they-understand their fate
             Em                 A7      D
And when the truck comes-do they cry - too late..

 Em                 Am
I SAW them shuffling in the truck
   Em                  Am
Just SEVEN weeks old & out of luck
C                  Am          C             D
Silent prayers were spoken – THEIR LITTLE LIVES WERE broken

     G             Em
It’s a so short life for little chicks
      Am           C
Their flesh for profit-greedy-sick
   Em         C            D
All going to McNuggets - real quick

CHORUS

(Slow down)
G           Em
All your bad cholesterol
      Am             C
Comes from the flesh of animals
   Em               Am           C       D
So won't you please go Vegan – it’s so ea-sy to begin
       Em           Am
There are vegan choices all around
     Em                  Am
Your health will improve – you’ll drop pounds
   C              Am             C            D
 You’ll even heal the planet – You’ve no excuse goddamnit..

(And no more singing..)

CHORUS
G  C           G          D
Cargills-where the chickens all die
  G        C               G    D
80,000 every day-slashed and electrified
    G       C        G              D
And good ole boys  are sharpening their knives,
       Em                      A7  Em                     D7
Singing this'll be the day that they die.. this'll be the day that they die...
        C           D           G (D) (G)