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The Five Pound Bass

Robert Earl Keen Jr
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
Up  this morning
 Before the sun
 Fixed me some coffee and a honey  bun
Jumped  in my pickup
gave  her the gas
I'm  goin' out to catch  a five pound bass
 Down by the lake side
 Just off the ramp
 All them people sleeping in their fising camp
 Some out in the pup tents
 Some out on the grass
 They all be dreaming 'bout that five pound bass
The  early birdie always gets his worm
Me  I always get my wish
When  you're talking 'bout that five pound bass son
The  early wormy gets the fish
 Jumped in my john boat
 I stow my gear
 I fire her up and when I am in the clear
 I sail across that water
 As smooth as glass
 Ready here I come you five pound bass
  Guitar.....
 I find a perfect spot
 Some old dead trees
 Back in a canyon where you cain't feel no breeze
 I tie my lure
 I make my cast
 It's breakfast time you five pound bass
 That old sun is rising
 That water is clear
 I watch my lure as it's flying through the air
 I see a ripple......
 I hear a splash.....
 Lord have mercy, It's a five pound bass..
 Spoken:
 That's a five pound bass son...
 Aw it's big as a god damned baby...
 --PART-BOUNDARY=.19505021353.ZM26259.efficient2--

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Readable chord sheet for The Five Pound Bass by Robert Earl Keen Jr

[E]Up this morning

Before the sun
Fixed me some coffee and a [Bm]honey bun
[E]Jumped in my pickup
[A]gave her the gas
[E]I'm goin' out to [Bm]catch a five pound [E]bass

Down by the lake side
Just off the ramp
All them people sleeping in their fising camp
Some out in the pup tents
Some out on the grass
They all be dreaming 'bout that five pound bass

[A]The early birdie always gets his worm
[E]Me I always get my wish
[A]When you're talking 'bout that five pound bass son
[E]The early wormy gets the [Bm]fish

Jumped in my john boat
I stow my gear
I fire her up and when I am in the clear
I sail across that water
As smooth as glass
Ready here I come you five pound bass

   Guitar.....

I find a perfect spot
Some old dead trees
Back in a canyon where you cain't feel no breeze
I tie my lure
I make my cast
It's breakfast time you five pound bass

That old sun is rising
That water is clear
I watch my lure as it's flying through the air
I see a ripple......
I hear a splash.....
Lord have mercy, It's a five pound bass..

Spoken:
That's a five pound bass son...
Aw it's big as a god damned baby...

--PART-BOUNDARY=.19505021353.ZM26259.efficient2--

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