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Fishin In The Dark

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 These are the main rhythm riffs for the verses.
Riff No 1 (Palm Mute Slightly)
E-||--------------------------------------------------------||
B-||--------------------------------------------------------||
G-||--------------------------------------------------------||
D-||--0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-----------------------||
A-||--0---2---0---2---0---2---0-0-2-0-----------------------||
D-||--0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-----------------------||
Riff No 2 (Palm Mute Slightly)
E-||--------------------------------------------------------||
B-||--------------------------------------------------------||
G-||--------------------------------------------------------||
D-||--5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5-----------------------||
A-||--5---7---5---7---5---7---5-5-7-5-----------------------||
D-||--5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5-----------------------||
Riff No 3 A6
E-||-----------------2--------------------------------------||
B-||-----------------2--------------------------------------||
G-||-----------------2--------------------------------------||
D-||--0---0---0---0--2--------------------------------------||
A-||--0---0---0---0--0--------------------------------------||
D-||--0---0---0---0-----------------------------------------||
 Here are a couple of the lead guitar licks.
 I don't know how to show you exactly where they go,
 but you can easily find them on the recording.
Lick No 1 Lick No 2
E-||------------------|-------------------------------------||
B-||------------------|-------------------------------------||
G-||------------------|-------------------------------------||
D-||----------0-------|-------------------------------------||
A-||-----0h2----------|-------------------------------------||
D-||--0---------------|---2---2b3--2p0----------------------||
 OK, now I'm gonna try to put the whole song together.
 Riff No 1 (4x)
 Riff No 1 (2x)
 Lazy yellow moon comin up tonight shinin through the trees
 Riff No 2 (2x)
 Crickets are singin and lightnin bugs are floatin on the breeze
 Riff No 1 (2x)
 Baby get ready
 Riff No 1 (2x)
 Across the field where the creek turns back by the old stump road
 Riff No 2 (2x)
 I'm gonna take you to a special place that nobody knows
 Riff No 1 (1x)
 Baby Get ready
 Riff No 3 (1x)
 Oooooooooooooh
You  and me goin fishin in the dark, lyin on our backs and coutin the stars
Where  the cool grass grows
Down  by the river in the full moon light, we'll be fallin in love in the
 middle of the night
Just  movin slow
Stayin  the whole night through
 Riff No 1 (2x)
 Feels so good to be with you
 (Played just like Verse 1)
 Spring is almost over and the Summer's comin, the days are gettin long
 Waited all Winter for the time to be right just to bring you along
 Baby get ready
 It don't matter if we sit forever and the fish don't bite
 We'll jump in the river and cool ourselves from the heat of the night
 Baby get ready
 Ooooooooooooh
 (It's played just like the first chorus, with only one difference.
 In the very end it just repeats instead of Riff No 1 starting back up.
 In the original recording the chorus plays over and over until it fades
 out.)
 Notation Key
 2b3 - bend
 0h2 - hammer on
 2p0 - pull off

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Readable chord sheet for Fishin In The Dark by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[D]
[G]
[A6]
[Em]

These are the main rhythm riffs for the verses.

Riff No 1 (Palm Mute Slightly)
E-||--------------------------------------------------------||
B-||--------------------------------------------------------||
G-||--------------------------------------------------------||
D-||--0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-----------------------||
A-||--0---2---0---2---0---2---0-0-2-0-----------------------||
D-||--0---0---0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-----------------------||

Riff No 2 (Palm Mute Slightly)
E-||--------------------------------------------------------||
B-||--------------------------------------------------------||
G-||--------------------------------------------------------||
D-||--5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5-----------------------||
A-||--5---7---5---7---5---7---5-5-7-5-----------------------||
D-||--5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5-----------------------||

Riff No 3            A6
E-||-----------------2--------------------------------------||
B-||-----------------2--------------------------------------||
G-||-----------------2--------------------------------------||
D-||--0---0---0---0--2--------------------------------------||
A-||--0---0---0---0--0--------------------------------------||
D-||--0---0---0---0-----------------------------------------||

Here are a couple of the lead guitar licks.
I don't know how to show you exactly where they go,
but you can easily find them on the recording.

Lick No 1              Lick No 2
E-||------------------|-------------------------------------||
B-||------------------|-------------------------------------||
G-||------------------|-------------------------------------||
D-||----------0-------|-------------------------------------||
A-||-----0h2----------|-------------------------------------||
D-||--0---------------|---2---2b3--2p0----------------------||

OK, now I'm gonna try to put the whole song together.

Riff No 1 (4x)

Riff No 1 (2x)
Lazy yellow moon comin up tonight shinin through the trees

Riff No 2 (2x)
Crickets are singin and lightnin bugs are floatin on the breeze

Riff No 1 (2x)
Baby get ready

Riff No 1 (2x)
Across the field where the creek turns back by the old stump road

Riff No 2 (2x)
I'm gonna take you to a special place that nobody knows

Riff No 1 (1x)
Baby Get ready

Riff No 3 (1x)
Oooooooooooooh

[D]You and me goin fishin in the dark, lyin on our backs and coutin the stars
[G]Where the cool grass grows
[D]Down by the river in the full moon light, we'll be fallin in love in the
middle of the night
[G]Just movin slow
[Em]Stayin the whole night [A6]through
[Em]               [A6]       Riff No 1 (2x)
Feels so good to be with you

(Played just like Verse 1)

Spring is almost over and the Summer's comin, the days are gettin long
Waited all Winter for the time to be right just to bring you along
Baby get ready
It don't matter if we sit forever and the fish don't bite
We'll jump in the river and cool ourselves from the heat of the night
Baby get ready
Ooooooooooooh

(It's played just like the first chorus, with only one difference.
In the very end it just repeats instead of Riff No 1 starting back up.
In the original recording the chorus plays over and over until it fades
out.)

Notation Key

2b3 - bend

0h2 - hammer on

2p0 - pull off

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