Talking Sailor Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I went down to the fis[C]hing hole
And [D]I set down with
my fishing pole
Somethin' [G]grabb'd my
hook and it [C]got my bait
And [D]jerked me out in
the middle of the [G]lake
[C]Some jump
I [G]got sunk, bap[D]tized [G]on credit

[Verse 2]
Fishin' [G]down on th' muddy bank
[C]Felt a pull an' give a big yank
I [G]holed out three old rubber boots
A [D]Ford radiator an' a [G]Chevrolet coop
I handed it [D]in
For National [G]Defence

[Verse 3]
Settin' in a boat with a [C]bucket
of beer
Hadn't caught [A]nuthin' but
didn't much [D]care
I [G]guess I was pretty well [C]satisfied
[D]Had my little lady right by my [G]side
Takin' it [C]easy, [D]yeah still [G]waitin'
[C]Worm been gone off- a that
[D]hook for a couple of [G]hours
You go fishin', [C]tell y' what to do

[Verse 4]
[G]
Go set down by the [D]grassy dew
Take a [G]piece of string, [C]tie it on yo' pole
And [D]throw it way out
in th' middle of [G]th' hole
Find you a good [C]shady tree
and [D]then just [C]set down[D]
Go to sleep, forget all about [G]it

[Verse 5]
Jumped in the river and [C]went down deep
There was a hundred pound
[D]cat- fish lying there asleep
[G]I jumped on his back and
[C]rode him all aroun'
Saddled him [D]up and I came into [G]town
[C]People came runnin',
look[D]in', dogs a- barkin'
Kids [G]a- squallin'[C][D]
[G]Stagnate water's a sti[C]nkin' thing

[Verse 6]
Slick on [D]top and all turned green
When the [G]water goes bad, the [Cm]fish all run
[C]Sit all day[D] and not catch a- one[G]
[C]Mud wallopers, jewgars
[D]A few little suckers[G]

[Verse 7]
I waded out to a [C]sandy bar
And I [D]caught myself a big
alligator gar
Brung him [G]home across my [C]back
[D]Tail was dragging a mile and a [G]half
[C]Flippin' and floppin'
Sold him [D]for a quarter
Shot craps, got in jail
[G][C][D][G]

[Verse 8]
Early one mornin',
I [C]took me a notion
To go out a- [D]fishin' in the middle
of the ocean
[G]Throwed out my line, I [C]caught me a shark
I [D]didn't get him home 'til
way past [G]dark
He's [C]man- eater,
[G]tough [D]customer
Just wasn't quite tough [G]enough

[Verse 9]
Last last night I [C]had me a dream
[D]I was out fishin' in a whiskey stream
Baited [G]my hook with ap[C]ple- jack
Threw [D]out a drink, drug a gallon [G]back
Done [C]pretty good till [D]the creek run dry
I give the fish back to the
finance com[G]pany[C]
[D][G][D]