Yellow Backed Fly chords by Steve Martin

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:
D MajorD    A augmentedA   D MajorD        A augmentedA
Carolina time, grab the fishing line
   D MajorD    A augmentedA      D MajorD       A augmentedA
Gonna get old Jim with the yellow-backed fly
G+G       D MajorD   G+G       D MajorD
Bought it in a store, paid a little more
   G+G     D MajorD       G+G       A augmentedA
Gonna catch that fish with the yellow-backed fly

D MajorD       A augmentedA      D MajorD    A augmentedA
Tried it last June with a lit firefly
D MajorD        A augmentedA      D MajorD      A augmentedA
Layed it on the water with a perfect bullseye
G+G     D MajorD    G+G     D MajorD
Jim made a splash, gone in a flash
 G+G     D MajorD    G+G     A augmentedA
Beneath the water I heard him laugh

Chorus 1:
    D MajorD    G+G     D MajorD
I go at six am, quiet as a hymn
                      A augmentedA
Gonna catch old Jim with the Yellow-Backed Fly
D MajorD           G+G        D MajorD
Gonna catch him right, gonna catch him quick
              C majorC       D MajorD
Take him by surprise at the bottom of the crick

Bridge:

D MajorD         A augmentedA     D MajorD     A augmentedA
He lives beneath a rock, underneath the shade
D MajorD        A augmentedA       D MajorD       A augmentedA
I will have him made with the yellow-backed fly
G+G      D MajorD   G+G      D MajorD
Here I am at last, lying in the grass
 G+G      D MajorD       G+G       A augmentedA
A majorA quiet little cast with the yellow-backed fly

Chorus 2:
D MajorD            G+G        D MajorD
Felt a little tug, well Jim had bit the bug
                     A augmentedA
Then I let him run with the yellow-backed fly
D MajorD           G+G       D MajorD
Jumped up on the land, spit it in my hand
              C majorC       D MajorD
He said "Nice try with the yellow-backed fly"

Bridge:

D MajorD       A augmentedA   D MajorD       A augmentedA
Then he swam away, I gave him a farewell
    D MajorD   A augmentedA      D MajorD    A augmentedA
Now I'm going home with a story to tell
     G+G    D MajorD       G+G     D MajorD
I put the truck in gear, I'll be back next year
   G+G   D MajorD     G+G      A augmentedA
Gonna make a fly with a hypnotizing eye

Chorus: (2X)
    D MajorD    G+G     D MajorD
I go at six am, quiet as a hymn
                      A augmentedA
Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly
D MajorD          G+G        D MajorD
Twenty inches long, measured with a stick
          C majorC      D MajorD
He's old Jim but to me he's Moby Dick

    D MajorD    G+G     D MajorD
I go at six am, quiet as a hymn
                      A augmentedA
Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly
D MajorD          G+G        D MajorD
Twenty inches long, measured with a stick
          C majorC      D MajorD
He's old Jim but to me he's Moby Dick