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|f_tune_title=Chickens Don't Roost too High
|f_aka=Chicken Oh Chicken, Chicken You Can Roost Behind the Moon, Chickens Don't Roost too High for Me, Chickens Don't Roost So High, Mister Chicken
|f_country=United States
|f_genre=Old-Time
|f_rhythm=Blues
|f_time_signature=4/4
|f_key=C
|f_accidental=NONE
|f_mode=Ionian (Major)
|f_history=USA(Southeast), USA(Deep South)
|f_structure=AB
|f_book_title=Traditional American Fiddle Tunes vol. 2
|f_collector=Stacy Phillips,
|f_year=1995
|f_page=p. 30
|f_theme_code_index=1T5H3H6H 3H5H5H1H
|f_player=Dixie String Band
|f_album=Chickens Don't Roost Too High
|f_label=Paramount
|f_recording_date=1925
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X:1
T:Chickens don't Roost too High
S:Lowe Stokes
M:C|
L:1/8
N:Slide the slurred notes. 
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/chickens-dont-roost-too-high-0
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
K:C
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c')ege gecg|eg2a ge[G2A2]-  |[G2B2]G2[G2A2][G2B2]|g3a ge(b2|
c')ege ggag|eg2a ge [de]-[ee]-|[ee]AcA [c2e2] [d2e2]|[c3e3][ce] cAG2|
z2 G2Accd  |eg2a ge [d2e2]-|[e2e2]A2 (E2G2)|[E6c6]||
(D2|E2)c2-cAGD|E2[E2c2]-[E2c2][_E2_c2]-|[=E2=c2][E2c2] cAGE|E2[E2c2]-[E2c2][_E2_c2]-|
[=E2=c2][Ec][Ec] [E2c2][E2c2]|[_E-c]-[=E=c]cA d2[d2^f2]|[d4^f4]g3a|[M:2/4]ge [_E2_c2]-|
[M:C|][=E2=c2][E2c2] cAGA|[M:3/2][c2e2][c4e4][d2e2]-[ee]dcA|[M:C|][G2c2][G2d2] [G3c3][Gc]|
[Gc]AG2-|G2 GG Ac3  |eg2a ge [d2e2]-|[e2e2]A2 (E2G2)|[E6c6]|| 
P:Alternate 2nd strain
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[e2=g2][e2g2][e2a2][eg][e_g]-|[e3=g3][eg][e2g2][d2g2]-|[d2^f2]A2 cAdA|g2 gg- ge d[e_g]-|
[e2=g2][e2g2][e2a2][eg][e_g]-|[e3=g3][eg][e2g2][eg]-[ce]-|[c2e2]A2 cAde|c2 c3A G2|
z2A2c2d2|eg2a ge [d2e2]-|[e2e2]A2 (E2G2)|[E6c6]||
P:substitutions
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T:Chickens don't Roost too High
S:Leonard Keith (1922- , Mentone, DeKalb County, northeast Alabama)
R:Recorded 1987
M:C|
L:1/8
D:Alabama Traditions CD 103, Monte Sano Crowder - "Possum
D:up a Gum Stump." 
D:Whoop it Up! 102, Red Mountain White Trash - "Chickens don't Roost too High" (1998).
F:https://www.slippery-hill.com/recording/chickens-dont-roost-too-high
Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz
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c'gae geag|eg2a ge2(_B|=B2)G2 AB3|g3a ge(a2|
c')gae geag|eg2a g[de]-[e2e2]-|[e2e2]cA c2d2|[c3e3][ce] [ce]AG2|
z2G2A2c2|eg2a ge [d2e2]-|[e2e2]G2 ([D2d2]e2)|[E4c4]- ([Ec]||
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[E2c2][E2c2][Ec]AGA|[c2e2][c4e4][de][ee]- |[ee][de][ce][Ae] [c2e2][d2e2]|[c3e3][ce][c2e2](^FG)-|
G2G2A2c2| eg2a ge [d2e2]-|[e2e2]G2 ([D2d2]e2)|[E6c6]||
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