The Chicken is a cool funk tune composed by Pee Wee Ellis, a saxophonist and important member of James Brown's band in the 60s. The song is made famous by Jaco Pastorius, who made it his signature song.
Here's a video of Jaco Pastorius and his band playing The Chicken. Other band members are Peter Erskine (drums), Don Alias (Percussion), Othello Molineaux (steelpan), Randy Brecker (trumpet) and Bob Mintzer (saxophone).
The bass guitar tabs:
The sheet music for The Chicken:
Solos are on the form, here's the chord progression again:
Suggestions of guitar scales you can use to solo over The Chicken:
Bb7: Bb Mixolydian, Bb Blues Pentatonic, Bb7 Altered over bar 4 Eb7: Eb Mixolydian, Bb Blues Pentatonic D7: D Mixolydian, D Minor Pentatonic G7: G Altered Dominant C7: C Mixolydian, G Minor Pentatonic
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