D (xx0232@1)                          A (x02220@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)           AI (x02220@1)was fishing last Friday on a lake in Mississippi in the humid summer heat 
D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)             Aon (x02220@1)a boat with my best friend Cletus who was sleeping in the back seat 
          D (xx0232@1)                         A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)        Awell (x02220@1)the bites were slow and we were running low on chips and Gatorade 
              Git (320003@1)had been a long hard day 
        D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)                         Bmfelt (x24432@1)a tug on the line and I didn't pay attention it was spinning way to  
 Afast (x02220@1)
  D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)             Abefore (x02220@1)I knew it I was staring at a ten pound shiny bass 
         D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)                     Bm (x24432@1)               Awhen (x02220@1)I tried to pull the fish inside I pulled a muscle in my upper thigh 
       G (320003@1)                  DI (xx0232@1)was so scared I threw my rod up in the air 
                 ACletus (x02220@1)take the reel 
                 Etake (022100@1)it from my hand 
                    Bm (x24432@1)  Dcause (xx0232@1)I can't do it on my own 
             A (x02220@1)                     EI'm (022100@1)letting go and I need your help bad 
                     Bm (x24432@1)    Dand (xx0232@1)if you don't my fish is gone 
                   D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)Goh (320003@1)Cletus take the reel 
               Aoh (x02220@1)I'm letting go 
                      Eand (022100@1)I need your help bad 
                     Bm (x24432@1)    Dand (xx0232@1)if you don't my fish is gone 
         Bm (x24432@1)    Don (xx0232@1)this boat I'm on 
                 A (x02220@1) BmCletus (x24432@1)take the reel 
A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)         Aoh (x02220@1)take it take it from me
Bm (x24432@1)A (x02220@1)    Bm- (x24432@1) AOh (x02220@1) whaaaa ooooh......