Yellow Backed Fly

D A D A D A D A G D G D G D G A D A D A Carolina time, grab the fishing line D A D A Gonna get old Jim with the yellow-backed fly G D G D Bought it in a store, paid a little more G D G A Gonna catch that fish with the yellow-backed fly D A D A Tried it last June with a lit firefly D A D A Layed it on the water with a perfect bullseye G D G D Jim made a splash, gone in a flash G D G A Beneath the water I heard him laugh D G D I go at six am, quiet as a hymn G A Gonna catch old Jim with the Yellow-Backed Fly D G D Gonna catch him right, gonna catch him quick C D Take him by surprise at the bottom of the crick D A D A D A D A G D G D G D G A D A D A He lives beneath a rock, underneath the shade D A D A I will have him made with the yellow-backed fly G D G D Here I am at last, lying in the grass G D G A A quiet little cast with the yellow-backed fly D G D Felt a little tug, well Jim had bit the bug G A Then I let him run with the yellow-backed fly D G D Jumped up on the land, spit it in my hand C D He said "Nice try with the yellow-backed fly" D G D A D G D C D C D C D C D C D C D C D D A D A Then he swam away, I gave him a farewell D A D A Now I'm going home with a story to tell G D G D I put the truck in gear, I'll be back next year G D G A Gonna make a fly with a hypnotizing eye D G D I go at six am, quiet as a hymn G A Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly D G D Twenty inches long, measured with a stick C D He's old Jim but to me he's Moby Dick D G D I go at six am, quiet as a hymn G A Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly D G D Twenty inches long, measured with a stick C D He's old Jim but to me he's Moby Dick D A D A D A D A G D G D G D G A