Yellow-backed Fly
Steve MartinVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Carolina time, grab the fishing line
Gonna get old Jim with the yellow-backed fly
Bought it in a store, paid a little more
Gonna catch that fish with the yellow-backed fly
Tried it last year with a lit firefly
Laid it on the water with a perfect bullseye
Jim made a splash, gone in a flash
Beneath the water I heard him laugh
I go at six a.m., qui-et as a hymn
Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly
Gonna catch him wry, Gon-na catch him quick
Take him by surprise at the bottom of the crick
He lives beneath a rock, underneath the shade
I will have him made with the yellow-backed fly
Here I am at last, lying in the grass,
A quiet little cast with the yellow-backed fly
Felt a little tug, ole Jim had bit the bug
Then I let him run with the yellow-backed fly
Jumped up on the land, spit it in my hand
He said, "nice try with the yellow-backed fly"
Then he swam away, I gave him a farewell
Now I'm going home with a story to tell
I put the truck in gear, I'll be back next year
Gonna make a fly with a hypno...tizing eye
2X)
I go at six a.m., quiet as a hymn
Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly
Twenty inches long, measured with a stick
He's old Jim, but to me he's Moby Dick
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Readable chord sheet for Yellow-backed Fly by Steve Martin
[D]Carolina [A]time, grab [D] the fishing [A]line Gonna g[D]et old J[A]im with the yel[D]low-backed [A]fly [G]Bought it in a s[D]tore, paid[G] a little m[D]ore Gonna c[A]atch that f[D]ish with the ye[G]llow-backed f[A]ly [D]Tried it l[A]ast year wi[D]th a lit firefly[A] Laid it [D]on the water w[A]ith a per[D]fect bulls[A]eye [G]Jim made a s[D]plash, gone [G]in a fl[D]ash Ben[A]eath the wa[D]ter I heard h[G]im laug[A]h I go at [D]six a.m., qui[G]-et as a hy[D]mn Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed f[A]ly Gon[D]na catch him wry, Gon[G]-na catch him qu[D]ick Take him by surprise at the bo[C]ttom of the cri[D]ck [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [D] He li[D]ves beneath a r[A]ock, unde[D]rneath the sh[A]ade I will h[D]ave him m[A]ade with the ye[D]llow-backed f[A]ly [G]Here I am at la[D]st, lyin[G]g in the gr[D]ass, A qu[A]iet little c[D]ast with the yel[G]low-backed f[A]ly Felt a[D] little tug, ole Ji[G]m had bit the b[D]ug Then I let him run with the yellow-backed f[A]ly Jum[D]ped up on the land, sp[G]it it in my ha[D]nd He said, "nice try with the y[C]ellow-backed f[D]ly" Th[D]en he swam awa[A]y, I gave hi[D]m a fare[A]well Now I'm goi[D]ng ho[A]me with a sto[D]ry to t[A]ell [G]I put the truck in ge[D]ar, I'[G]ll be back next [D]year Gon[A]na make a f[D]ly with a hy[G]pno...tizing e[A]ye 2X) I go at[D] six a.m., qu[G]iet as a hy[D]mn Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed f[A]ly Tw[D]enty inches long, m[G]easured with a st[D]ick He's old Jim, but to m[C]e he's Moby Di[D]ck [C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [C] [D] [G] [C] [D] END