The blue tail fly Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]"I've heard it said
That [G]this song was a [Em]favourite
[D]Of that very [E]fam[A]ous
and great American
Abraham Lincoln"

[Verse 2]
When I [Em]was young, I used to wait
[A]On [D]master and give him his [A]plate
And [Em]pass him the bottle
when [Edim]he got dry
[A]And brush away the [D]blue tail fly

[Verse 3]
Jimmy, crack [D]corn, [A]I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn [D]and I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn an[G]d I [Em]don't care
My [A]master's gone [D]away[E]
[A]

[Verse 4]
And [Em]when he'd ride in the af[Edim]ternoon
[A]I'd fol[D]low after, with a hickory bro[A]om
The [Em]pony being rather [Edim]shy
[A]When bitten by blu[D]e tail fly

[Verse 5]
Jimmy, crack corn, [A]I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn an[D]d I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn [G]and I d[Em]on't care
My [A]master's gone [D]away
[A]One day, he[Em]

[Verse 6]
[C#dim]ride arou[F#]nd the farm
The [A]flies so numerous, [D]they did swarm
One [G]chanced [Em]to bite him on the thigh
The [A]devil take the [D]blue tail [A]fly

[Verse 7]
[D]Jimmy, crack corn [A]and I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn [D]and I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn [G]and I d[Em]on't care
My [A]master's gone [D]away[E]
[A][E]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 8]
The [A]pony [Em]run, he [Edim]jumped,
[Gm]he pitch[A]
He threw [D]my master [A]in the ditch
He [Em]died and [Gm]the jury wondered why
[A]The verdict was the [D]blue tail fly

[Verse 9]
Jimmy, crack corn, [A]I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn [D]and I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn and [G]I don't care
[Em]My m[A]aster's gone a[D]way[A]

[Verse 10]
They [Em]lay him under a '[Edim]simmon t[Gm]ree
[A]His epi[D]taph is there to [A]see
"Be[Em]neath this stone,
I'm [Gm]forced [Edim]to lie[Em][A]
Victim of the [D]blue tail fly"

[Verse 11]
[D]Jimmy, crack corn an[A]d I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn and [D]I don't care
Jimmy, crack corn [G]and I d[Em]on't care
My [A]master's gone [D]away

[Outro 1]
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