Yellow-Backed Fly
Steve Martin & Graham Sharp, Steep Canyon Rangers

Capo 3 - Standard Tuning

D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)           ACarolina (x02220@1)time, grab   the fishing line
          D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)        AGonna (x02220@1)   get old Jim with the yellow-backed fly 
G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)        DBought (xx0232@1)it in a store,     paid a little more
       A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)          AGonna (x02220@1)catch that fish with the yellow-backed fly

D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)             ATried (x02220@1)it last year with a lit firefly
        D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)       ALaid (x02220@1)it on the water with a perfect bullseye
G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)    DJim (xx0232@1)made a splash, gone in a flash
   A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)    ABeneath (x02220@1)the water I heard him laugh

Chorus 1
        D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)        DI (xx0232@1)go at six a.m., qui-et as a hymn 
                                            AGonna (x02220@1)catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly        
   D (xx0232@1)                  G (320003@1)             DGonna (xx0232@1)catch him wry, Gon-na catch him quick 
                                C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)       
Take him by surprise   at the bottom of the crick
C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)          AHe (x02220@1)lives beneath a rock, underneath the shade 
        D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)                D (xx0232@1)          AI (x02220@1)will have him made with the     yellow-backed fly 
G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)        DHere (xx0232@1)I am at last, lying in the grass, 
    A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)             G (320003@1)         AA (x02220@1)quiet little cast with the yellow-backed fly

Chorus 2
      D (xx0232@1)                G (320003@1)            DFelt (xx0232@1)a little tug, ole Jim had bit the bug
                                           A (x02220@1)Then I let him run with the yellow-backed fly
   D (xx0232@1)                   G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)Jumped up on the land, spit it in my hand 
                                C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)      
He said, "nice try    with the yellow-backed fly"

D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)     AThen (x02220@1)he swam away, I gave him a farewell 
           D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)    ANow (x02220@1)I'm going home   with a story to tell 
G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)             DI (xx0232@1)put the truck in gear,    I'll be back next year 
   A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)           AGonna (x02220@1)make a fly with a hypno...tizing eye

Chorus 3 (2X)

D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)        DI (xx0232@1)go at six a.m., quiet as a hymn
                                            AGonna (x02220@1)catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly 
  D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)              DTwenty (xx0232@1)inches long,  measured with a stick 
                          C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)    
He's old Jim,     but to me he's Moby Dick

C  D  C  D  C (repeat only)

CD GC D (xx0232@1)END