Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
Song Lyrics / Chart History / Artist Information

• Written by Zac Brown and Wyatt Durette
• Originally performed by the Zac Brown Band
• Members of the Zac Brown Band include:
  • Zac Brown, (lead vocals, guitar)
  • Jimmy De Martini (fiddle, vocals)
  • John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, vocals)
  • Coy Bowles (guitar, organ)
  • Chris Fryar (drums)
  • Clay Cook (guitar, organ, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals)
• Brown is the 11th of 12 children, has been playing guitar since his teenage years, and is an accomplished chef
• The band has been together since 2000
• They exploded onto the country music scene in 2008 with the release of Chicken Fried
• Zac Brown Band won the Academy of Country Music Top New Vocal Duo or Group at the awards ceremony in 2009
• They were also nominated by the Country Music Association (CMA) for New Artist of the Year and Vocal Group of the Year
•  Chicken Fried climbed to #1 on the country music singles chart in 2008
• At the same time it also reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100
• The song has actually been released twice by Zac. The first was on their debut album "Home Grown". It was later included and released as a single from the album "The Foundation"
• "The Foundation" reached #2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and #1 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart
• The song Chicken Fried was written over the course of several years, beginning back in the 1990s.  Following the events of 9/11 the inspiring third verse was added

Song Lyrics - Chicken Fried

You know I like my chicken fried
Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up

Well I was raised up beneath the shade of a Georgia pine
And that`s home you know
Sweet tea pecan pie and homemade wine
Where the peaches grow
In my house it`s not much to talk about
But it`s filled with love that`s grown in southern ground
And a little bit of chicken fried

Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well life seems alright
See the love in my woman`s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother`s love

Well its funny how it`s the little things in life
That mean the most
Not where you live, the car you drive,
Or the price tag on your clothes
There`s no dollar sign on a piece of mind
This I`ve come to know
So if you agree have a drink with me
Raise your glasses for a toast
To a little bit of chicken fried

Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well life seems alright
See the love in my woman`s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother`s love

I thank God for my life
And for the Stars and Stripes
May freedom forever fly, let it ring.
Salute the ones who died
The ones that give their lives
So we don`t have to sacrifice
All the things we love
Like our chicken fried

Cold beer on a Friday night
A pair of jeans that fit just right
And the radio up
Well, life seems alright
See the love in my woman`s eyes
Feel the touch of a precious child
And know a mother`s love