The blue tail fly
The blue tail fly

The blue tail fly easy guitar chords by Burl Ives

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • E

  • A

  • Edim

  • C#dim

    4

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Gm

    3

  • C#m

    4

  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • E

  • A

  • Edim

  • C#dim

    4

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • Gm

    3

  • C#m

    4
    • Verse 1
    "I've heard 
    it said 

    That 
    this 
    song was 
    a 
    favourite 

    Of that very 
    famous 

    and great American 

    Abraham Lincoln" 

    Verse 2
    When I 
    was 
    young, 
    I used 
    to wait 

    On 
    master 
    and 
    give 
    him his 
    plate 

    And 
    pass 
    him the bottle 

    when 
    he 
    got 
    dry 

    And 
    brush 
    away 
    the 
    blue tail 
    fly 

    Verse 3
    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn, 
    I 
    don't care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    and I 
    don't care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    an
    d I 
    don't care 

    My 
    master's 
    gone 
    away 

    Verse 4

    And 
    when 
    he'd 
    ride 
    in 
    the af
    ternoon 

    I'd 
    follow 
    after, 
    with 
    a hickory 
    broom 

    The 
    pony 
    being 
    rather 
    shy 

    When 
    bitten 
    by 
    blue 
    tail 
    fly 

    Verse 5
    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn, 
    I don't 
    care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn an
    d I 
    don't care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    and I 
    don't care 

    My 
    master's 
    gone 
    away 

    One 
    day, 
    he 
    Verse 6
    ride 
    around 
    the farm 

    The 
    flies 
    so 
    numerous, 
    they 
    did swarm 

    One 
    chanced 
    to 
    bite 
    him 
    on 
    the thigh 

    The 
    devil 
    take 
    the 
    blue 
    tail 
    fly 

    Verse 7
    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    and I don't 
    care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    and I 
    don't care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    and I 
    don't care 

    My 
    master's 
    gone 
    away 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 8
    The 
    pony 
    run, 
    he 
    jumped, 

    he pitch 

    He threw 
    my 
    master 
    in 
    the ditch 

    He 
    died 
    and 
    the jury 
    wondered 
    why 

    The 
    verdict 
    was 
    the 
    blue 
    tail 
    fly 

    Verse 9
    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn, 
    I 
    don't care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    and I 
    don't care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    and 
    I 
    don't care 

    My 
    master's 
    gone 
    away 

    Verse 10
    They 
    lay 
    him 
    under 
    a 
    'simmon 
    tree 

    His 
    epitaph 
    is 
    there 
    to see 

    "Be
    neath 
    this 
    stone, 

    I'm 
    forced 
    to 
    lie 

    Victim 
    of 
    the 
    blue 
    tail 
    fly" 

    Verse 11
    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    an
    d I 
    don't care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    and 
    I 
    don't care 

    Jimmy, 
    crack 
    corn 
    and I 
    don't care 

    My 
    master's 
    gone 
    away 

    Outro 1


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