Key: G major
Verse 1
Give a man a fish, teach him how to fish,
bring the whole school to his door.
But what's he gonna do when the water dry up and the fish ain't
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biting no more?
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Fish ain't biting, fish ain't biting,
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fish ain't biting round here no more, fish ain't
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biting, fish ain't biting no more,
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they're taking up the catfish and grinding up the
Well, I was down
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Texas,
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Town I had no catfish,
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had to turn around
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Well, fish ain't biting,
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fish ain't biting no more
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grinding up the bone
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Reverend
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Worm got him a cat fish farm
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He said, boy, hook the worm
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and let the line on down
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Fish ain't biting, baby,
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fish ain't biting no more
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Taking up the catfish and grinding up the bone
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Red river running deep and wide I
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see my baby on the other side
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Well, fish ain't biting,
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fish ain't biting no more
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Baby,
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Baker, better buy now
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Leaving
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Texas on the next greyhound
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Fish ain't biting,
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fish ain't biting no more
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grindin' up the bone
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Fish ain't biting, fish ain't biting
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Fish ain't biting round here
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no more
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Fish ain't biting no more
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All right now
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they're grinding up the bone
Outro 1
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