A
Bobby Joe and Betty got a real nice farm
    A
Everybody knows that they work real hard
    D
Bobby Joe sweating in the noonday sun
     A
Betty right beside him until the work's all done
     E
But every now and then they get a strong desire
      D
To crawl up in the hay and set the barn on fire


[Chorus]
     A
Now the hay needs hauling, the hogs needs slop
                                 D
The corn needs cutting but the tractor's stopped
         A
They climbing up the ladder, clear to the loft
                           D
Shucking those dirty old work clothes off
  A
Singing brown chicken, brown cow

(Ain't nobody watching but the)
   A
Brown chicken, brown cow, yeah


[Verse 2]
   A
Black crow sitting on a weather-vane
   A
He can see them coming from a mile away
     D
Yeah, he's caw-caw-cawing out a loud alarm
     A
Hey y'all, Bobby Joe and Betty heading for the barn
     E
Now the chicken ain't pecking and the cow won't eat
     D
They're fighting each other for a front row seat


[Chorus]
    A
Now the hay needs hauling, the hogs needs slop
                                 D
The corn needs cutting but the tractor's stopped
    A
They climbing up the ladder, clear to the loft
                           D
Shucking those dirty old work clothes off
    A
Singing brown chicken, brown cow

(Ain't nobody watching but the)
   A
Brown chicken, brown cow, yeah
     A
Now the hay needs hauling, the hogs needs slop
                                  D
The corn needs cutting but the tractor's stopped
     A
They climbing up the ladder, clear to the loft
                           D
Shucking those dirty old work clothes off
      A
Singing brown chicken, brown cow

(Ain't nobody watching but the)
       A
Brown chicken, brown cow

(Ain't nobody watching)


[Outro]
   A
Brown chicken, brown cow

(Ain't nobody watching but)
   A
Brown chicken, brown cow