Verse 1:
 A
Got up at dawn just to be out on the water
 A
weather man said hot and gettin hotter
 D                                         A
but he didnt say nothin bout it rainin like hell (oh well)
 E                          D                   A
A bad day of fishin beats a good day of anything else
     A
Had a big one on and man i woulda got 'im
   A
but he took my pole straight down to the bottom
 D                                              A
leavin me with nothin, but a big ole story to tell ( oh well)
  E                         D                     A
a bad day of fishin beats a good day of anything else

Chorus:
 C#m                              F#m
We should proly go to work, i mean everybody does                          
                  B                                             E
instead of sittin out here in the middle of nowhere workin on a pretty good buzz

Verse 2:
 A
Didnt catch a damn thing, guess you could say we took a lickin
 A
Tonights fish fry is gonna taste like chicken
 D                                     A
but we did just fine, if i do say so myself
 E                          D                    A
A bad day of fishin beats a good day of anything else

Chorus:
C#m                                F#m
we should proly go to work im mean everybody does
                   B                                 E
instead of sittin out here in the middle of nowhere workin on a pretty good buzz

Play Verse #2 again to end of song.