Capo 3 ? Standard Tuning

D5        A5          D5             A5
Carolina time, grab   the fishing line
          D5       A5              D5          A5
Gonna    get old Jim with the yellow-backed fly 
G5               D5             G5          D5
Bought it in a store,     paid a little more
       A5          D5              G5            A5
Gonna catch that fish with the yellow-backed fly

D5         A5          D5               A5
Tried it last year with a lit firefly
        D5             A5        D5         A5
Laid it on the water with a perfect bullseye
G5           D5           G5      D5
Jim made a splash, gone in a flash
   A5          D5            G5      A5
Beneath the water I heard him laugh

Chorus 1
        D5            G5          D5
I go at six a.m., qui-et as a hymn 
                                            A5
Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly        
   D5                    G5               D5
Gonna catch him wry, Gon-na catch him quick 
                                C5              D5         
Take him by surprise   at the bottom of the crick
C5  D5  C5  D5  C5  D5  C5  D5  C5  D5


     D5              A5        D5            A5
He lives beneath a rock, underneath the shade 
        D5        A5                  D5            A5
I will have him made with the     yellow-backed fly 
G5              D5       G5          D5
Here I am at last, lying in the grass, 
    A5           D5               G5           A5
A quiet little cast with the yellow-backed fly


Chorus 2
      D5                  G5              D5
Felt a little tug, ole Jim had bit the bug
                                           A5 
Then I let him run with the yellow-backed fly
   D5                     G5             D5 
Jumped up on the land, spit it in my hand 
                                C5             D5        
He said, "nice try    with the yellow-backed fly"


  D5             A5           D5       A5
Then he swam away, I gave him a farewell 
           D5    A5              D5      A5
Now I'm going home   with a story to tell 
G5                    D5        G5               D5
I put the truck in gear,    I'll be back next year 
   A5          D5           G5             A5
Gonna make a fly with a hypno...tizing eye


Chorus 3 (2X)

       D5            G5          D5
I go at six a.m., quiet as a hymn
                                            A5
Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly 
  D5                   G5                D5
Twenty inches long,  measured with a stick 
                          C5             D5      
He's old Jim ,     but to me he's Moby Dick

C5  D5  C5  D5  C5 (repeat only)

C5 D5 G5 C5 D5

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