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Key: C
πΈ Intro:
C F C F
C F C F
πΈ Verse 1:
C F
It's gotten hard for me to stop by
C F
But I turned in that drive
C F C F
Walked past his rusty, two-tone, beat-up Chevy truck
C F
And nowadays, he moves real slow
C F
When the hell'd he get so old?
C F C F
I said, "Hey, old man, how you holdin' up "
πΈ Chorus:
C G
He said, "The sun is a-shining, got nothing but time
F C
'Cause it's Friday all day long
G
Be a hell of a day to be out on the lake
F C
On a boat with the radio on"
Am C F C
And we both know his best days are way behind him
Dm C F C F
But all he had to say was "I bet they're biting"
πΈ Verse 2:
C F
He said, "I know a shady old spot
C F
I used to go there a lot
C F C F
I can almost smell the burnt oil from that Evinrude
C F
Right now, I don't know when
C F
But I know I'm gonna go again
C F C F
Catch the fire out of them largemouth bass like I used to"
πΈ Chorus:
C G
And the sun'll be shining, got nothing but time
F C
'Cause it's Friday all day long
G
Be a hell of a day to be out on the lake
F C
On a boat with the radio on"
Am C F C
And we both know his best days are way behind him
Dm C F C
And all he had to say was "I bet they're biting"
πΈ Post-Chorus:
F C F C
Yeah, I bet they're biting
πΈ Bridge:
F C
He said, "I'm glad that you dropped by
G Am
But if I was you, boy, I'd be
F G
Out there on the water now, wettin' a line"
πΈ Chorus:
C G
And the sun'll be shining, got nothing but time
F C
'Cause it's Friday all day long
G
Be a hell of a day to be out on the lake
F C
On a boat with the radio on"
Am C F
And we both know his best days are way behind him
Am G F
While that old man was layin' there, dyin'
Dm G C F
All he had to say was "I bet they're biting"
πΈ Outro:
C F C F C
Yeah, boy, right now, I bet they're biting
Song History
Published: August 29, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025