44 Fun Fish

A7 E7 A7 A7 It was an illinois farmville small town D7 Loud middle school cafeteria A7 And fish shaped fish sticks called fun fish were E7 On the menu that day A7 A substitute teacher talking to a table of boys said D7 F#dim D#dim Cdim Whats the record at these things and through that cafeteria noise A7 E7 A7 Without hesitation they all said forty-four D7 fourty-four fun fish A7 fourty-four fun fish E7 Flash froze – deep fried – thousand miles of ocean sides stamped out A7 Salted shredded reheated greased trucked breaded fun fish D7 Forty-four fun fish A7 F-F-F-F-F-F-Forty four fun fish E7 A boys gotta do what a boys what a boys gotta do A7 N.C. A7 N.C. Dip- dap’em, why don’t you A7 Well at the table was a big old farm boy named blane D7 Teacher says “can you beat that?” he says “well I think I can” A7 So the kid ran around collectin all the fish he was able E7 And from his greasy ACDC shirt he plopped them on the table A7 Blane picked up a fish, dip dapped it in the tartar-sauce D7 F#dim D#dim Cdim Watered in his mouth, just to show the fish who is the boss A7 E7 A7 And all proceeded smoothly till the tartar sauce ran out at twenty-five D7 Fourty-four fun fish A7 Fourty-four fun fish E7 Flash froze – deep fried – thousand miles of ocean sides stamped out Salted shredded reheated greased trucked breaded A7 fun fish D7 Fourty-four fun fish A7 F-F-F-F-F-F-Forty four fun fish E7 A boys gotta do what a boys what a boys gotta A7 N.C. A7 N.C. Dip- dap’em, why don’t you A7 Well the cafeteria got quiet when they got to number 43 A7 Even the kid washing dishes leaned out of the tray drop-off window to see D7 A7 Blane chewed and he chewed with a heavy sigh D7 A7 But he kept his waterin eyes on the prize D7 D E And he reached for 44 just as the bell for recess rang - Oooohh A7 Out on the highway theres a commemorative sign D7 says state of fish and champs 1989 A7 E7 but it takes more than a placard to make a legend grow A7 when blane burst out of the front door of the school D7 F#dim D#min Cdim And barfed his victory down the steps in a fishy waterfall A7 E7 A7 His legend was cemented for as long as there are middle school boys D7 fourty-eight fun fish A7 fourty-eight fun fish E7 One shining moment spread the news, this very legendary dude A7 The janitor hosed off his shoes of fun fish D7 fourty-eight fun fish A7 F-F-F-F-F-F-Forty eight fun fish E7 A boys gotta do what a boys what a boys gotta A7 Dip- dap’em, why don’t you