Chords for Learning to Play: The Fishing Blues
Tempo:
118.35 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Start Jamming...
[C] [G] [C]
[B] [C] Bet you're gonna fish it all the time, [F] baby's gonna [C] fish it too.
Bet your life that your sweet wife, [D] she's gonna catch more [G] fish than you.
[Em] Caught many fish [C] bites if you got good bait.
[C#] Here's a little tip that I like to relay.
Many fish bites if you got good
[B] bait.
Bet [C] you're gonna fish it all the time, [F] baby's gonna [D] fish it too.
[C] Bet your life that your sweet wife, she's [D] gonna catch [G] more fish than you.
[Em] Caught many fish [C] bites if you got good bait.
[F]
Here's a little tip that I like [C] to relay.
Many fish bites if you got [A] good bait.
[C] I'm gonna fish it, everybody's fishing, my baby.
[G] [C]
So [A#] that's the Fishing Blues.
It was first recorded in 1928 by Henson.
[D] It's not really a blues, but [G] Todd Mahal did a version.
[C]
[B]
[F#] [F]
[F#] It's in the key of C, and it says,
[C]
See, gonna fish it all the time, yeah, [F] baby's gonna fish it [C] back to C.
You bet your life that your sweet [D] wife, she's gonna catch more [G] fish than you.
[C] Caught many fish bites if you got good bait.
[F] Here's a little tip that I like [C] to receive.
Many fish bites if you got good bait.
My baby, [D] C, F, C, F, [G] C, G, [C] C.
And on that end part, I play [F]
the [F#] melody.
I play E, [C] D, C, [F#] A.
Then I [C] play a F chord.
[D]
[C] [F] [C]
[G] [Em]
Back to the song.
[G] So one of the fills I do, I'll do it, the fill when I [C] get to the first part.
There's a space where you put a little song.
Bet you're gonna fish it all the time, baby's gonna get you too.
And [Em] I just do a [D] C [Em] chord, do the [G] position.
[C]
[F#]
[C] [B] [F#]
So, [Em] C, [C] C, back to C.
[F] That's a really good fill.
So, baby's gonna [C] fish it too.
Bet your life your sweet wife's gonna [D] catch more fish [Bm] than you.
And then you look on here, it's a D7 [F#] chord, it's an [F#m] F sharp bass.
And A [C] with your third finger, [D] first finger's on C.
Catch more [C] fish than you, [D] catch more [G] fish than you, it's a [F#] G.
And now [G] you just do a fill [D] like that, or I do a [E] G.
[F#] And then the [C] other part, maybe fish but, it's a C.
You play a [F#] Corky bar on the fifth [E] fret, put [E] your third finger on an E, and your pinky's [Am]
[F#] [F] on A.
There [C]
[Am] [C]
[Em] [F]
[C]
[D]
[G] [C]
[G]
you [B] [C] [F#]
[C#] go.
[C]
[F]
[C]
[Em] [C] [D]
[Am] [F]
[C] [F]
[C]
[A] [C] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
[E] That's a little easy solo for it.
I'll go over the solo one more time a little slower, and then you can go ahead and see the tab on my website.
The Fish and Blues.
So, [C] it's a C chord,
[Fm] [C#] this is a F [F] chord, [C] back to a C chord, do the fill.
[Dm] [F#] [Em] [G]
[Fm] Anything you wanna do on a C there.
[C]
[D]
D7, [F] then you're on [G#] your C chord, [G] the eighth fret, seventh fret on an E.
[F] [C]
[F]
[C]
Then you [Am] go up to A minor.
[C]
[G] [C]
[G] That's the Fish and Blues.
[C] [Fm] [C] [G]
[C] [A] [B] [C]
[F] [C]
[A#]
[B] [C] Bet you're gonna fish it all the time, [F] baby's gonna [C] fish it too.
Bet your life that your sweet wife, [D] she's gonna catch more [G] fish than you.
[Em] Caught many fish [C] bites if you got good bait.
[C#] Here's a little tip that I like to relay.
Many fish bites if you got good
[B] bait.
Bet [C] you're gonna fish it all the time, [F] baby's gonna [D] fish it too.
[C] Bet your life that your sweet wife, she's [D] gonna catch [G] more fish than you.
[Em] Caught many fish [C] bites if you got good bait.
[F]
Here's a little tip that I like [C] to relay.
Many fish bites if you got [A] good bait.
[C] I'm gonna fish it, everybody's fishing, my baby.
[G] [C]
So [A#] that's the Fishing Blues.
It was first recorded in 1928 by Henson.
[D] It's not really a blues, but [G] Todd Mahal did a version.
[C]
[B]
[F#] [F]
[F#] It's in the key of C, and it says,
[C]
See, gonna fish it all the time, yeah, [F] baby's gonna fish it [C] back to C.
You bet your life that your sweet [D] wife, she's gonna catch more [G] fish than you.
[C] Caught many fish bites if you got good bait.
[F] Here's a little tip that I like [C] to receive.
Many fish bites if you got good bait.
My baby, [D] C, F, C, F, [G] C, G, [C] C.
And on that end part, I play [F]
the [F#] melody.
I play E, [C] D, C, [F#] A.
Then I [C] play a F chord.
[D]
[C] [F] [C]
[G] [Em]
Back to the song.
[G] So one of the fills I do, I'll do it, the fill when I [C] get to the first part.
There's a space where you put a little song.
Bet you're gonna fish it all the time, baby's gonna get you too.
And [Em] I just do a [D] C [Em] chord, do the [G] position.
[C]
[F#]
[C] [B] [F#]
So, [Em] C, [C] C, back to C.
[F] That's a really good fill.
So, baby's gonna [C] fish it too.
Bet your life your sweet wife's gonna [D] catch more fish [Bm] than you.
And then you look on here, it's a D7 [F#] chord, it's an [F#m] F sharp bass.
And A [C] with your third finger, [D] first finger's on C.
Catch more [C] fish than you, [D] catch more [G] fish than you, it's a [F#] G.
And now [G] you just do a fill [D] like that, or I do a [E] G.
[F#] And then the [C] other part, maybe fish but, it's a C.
You play a [F#] Corky bar on the fifth [E] fret, put [E] your third finger on an E, and your pinky's [Am]
[F#] [F] on A.
There [C]
[Am] [C]
[Em] [F]
[C]
[D]
[G] [C]
[G]
you [B] [C] [F#]
[C#] go.
[C]
[F]
[C]
[Em] [C] [D]
[Am] [F]
[C] [F]
[C]
[A] [C] [F] [C]
[G] [C]
[E] That's a little easy solo for it.
I'll go over the solo one more time a little slower, and then you can go ahead and see the tab on my website.
The Fish and Blues.
So, [C] it's a C chord,
[Fm] [C#] this is a F [F] chord, [C] back to a C chord, do the fill.
[Dm] [F#] [Em] [G]
[Fm] Anything you wanna do on a C there.
[C]
[D]
D7, [F] then you're on [G#] your C chord, [G] the eighth fret, seventh fret on an E.
[F] [C]
[F]
[C]
Then you [Am] go up to A minor.
[C]
[G] [C]
[G] That's the Fish and Blues.
[C] [Fm] [C] [G]
[C] [A] [B] [C]
[F] [C]
[A#]
Key:
C
G
F
D
F#
C
G
F
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [B] _ [C] Bet you're gonna fish it all the time, [F] baby's gonna [C] fish it too.
_ Bet your life that your sweet wife, [D] she's gonna catch more [G] fish than you.
[Em] Caught many fish [C] bites if you got good bait.
[C#] Here's a little tip that I like to relay.
Many fish bites if you got good _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] bait.
Bet [C] you're gonna fish it all the time, [F] baby's gonna [D] fish it too.
_ [C] Bet your life that your sweet wife, she's [D] gonna catch [G] more fish than you.
[Em] Caught many fish [C] bites if you got good bait.
[F]
Here's a little tip that I like [C] to relay.
Many fish bites if you got [A] good bait.
[C] I'm gonna fish it, everybody's fishing, my baby.
[G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So [A#] that's the Fishing Blues.
It was first _ recorded in 1928 by Henson.
_ [D] _ It's not really a blues, but _ [G] Todd _ _ _ _ Mahal did a version.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ It's in the key of C, and it says,
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ See, gonna fish it all the time, yeah, [F] baby's gonna fish it [C] back to C.
You bet your life that your sweet [D] wife, she's gonna catch more [G] fish than you.
_ [C] Caught many fish bites if you got good bait.
[F] Here's a little tip that I like [C] to receive.
Many fish bites if you got good bait.
My baby, [D] C, F, C, F, [G] C, G, [C] C. _
_ And on that end part, I play _ [F]
the _ [F#] melody.
I play E, [C] D, C, [F#] A.
Then I [C] play a F chord.
[D] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Back to the song.
[G] So one of the fills I do, I'll do it, the fill when I [C] get to the first part.
There's a space where you put a little song.
_ Bet you're gonna fish it all the time, baby's gonna get you too.
And [Em] I just do a _ [D] _ C [Em] _ chord, do the [G] position.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ So, [Em] C, _ _ [C] C, back to C.
_ [F] That's a really good fill. _ _
_ _ So, baby's gonna [C] fish it too.
_ Bet your life your sweet wife's gonna [D] catch more fish [Bm] than you.
And then you look on here, it's a D7 [F#] chord, it's an [F#m] F sharp bass.
And A [C] with your third finger, [D] first finger's on C.
Catch more [C] fish than you, [D] catch more [G] fish than you, it's a [F#] G.
_ And now [G] you just do a fill _ _ [D] like that, or I do a [E] G.
_ _ _ [F#] And then the [C] other part, maybe fish but, it's a C.
You play a [F#] Corky bar on the fifth [E] fret, put [E] your third finger on an E, and your pinky's [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] [F] on A.
There [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
you [B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] go.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [E] That's a little easy solo for it.
I'll go over the solo one more time a little slower, and then you can go ahead and see the tab on my website.
The Fish and Blues.
_ So, [C] it's a C chord,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] [C#] this is a F [F] chord, _ _ _ [C] back to a C chord, do the fill.
_ [Dm] _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Fm] Anything you wanna do on a C there.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ D7, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] then you're on [G#] your C chord, [G] the _ _ eighth fret, seventh fret on an E.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ Then you [Am] go up to A minor.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] That's the Fish and Blues. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ [C] Bet you're gonna fish it all the time, [F] baby's gonna [C] fish it too.
_ Bet your life that your sweet wife, [D] she's gonna catch more [G] fish than you.
[Em] Caught many fish [C] bites if you got good bait.
[C#] Here's a little tip that I like to relay.
Many fish bites if you got good _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] bait.
Bet [C] you're gonna fish it all the time, [F] baby's gonna [D] fish it too.
_ [C] Bet your life that your sweet wife, she's [D] gonna catch [G] more fish than you.
[Em] Caught many fish [C] bites if you got good bait.
[F]
Here's a little tip that I like [C] to relay.
Many fish bites if you got [A] good bait.
[C] I'm gonna fish it, everybody's fishing, my baby.
[G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ So [A#] that's the Fishing Blues.
It was first _ recorded in 1928 by Henson.
_ [D] _ It's not really a blues, but _ [G] Todd _ _ _ _ Mahal did a version.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ It's in the key of C, and it says,
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ See, gonna fish it all the time, yeah, [F] baby's gonna fish it [C] back to C.
You bet your life that your sweet [D] wife, she's gonna catch more [G] fish than you.
_ [C] Caught many fish bites if you got good bait.
[F] Here's a little tip that I like [C] to receive.
Many fish bites if you got good bait.
My baby, [D] C, F, C, F, [G] C, G, [C] C. _
_ And on that end part, I play _ [F]
the _ [F#] melody.
I play E, [C] D, C, [F#] A.
Then I [C] play a F chord.
[D] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
Back to the song.
[G] So one of the fills I do, I'll do it, the fill when I [C] get to the first part.
There's a space where you put a little song.
_ Bet you're gonna fish it all the time, baby's gonna get you too.
And [Em] I just do a _ [D] _ C [Em] _ chord, do the [G] position.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ So, [Em] C, _ _ [C] C, back to C.
_ [F] That's a really good fill. _ _
_ _ So, baby's gonna [C] fish it too.
_ Bet your life your sweet wife's gonna [D] catch more fish [Bm] than you.
And then you look on here, it's a D7 [F#] chord, it's an [F#m] F sharp bass.
And A [C] with your third finger, [D] first finger's on C.
Catch more [C] fish than you, [D] catch more [G] fish than you, it's a [F#] G.
_ And now [G] you just do a fill _ _ [D] like that, or I do a [E] G.
_ _ _ [F#] And then the [C] other part, maybe fish but, it's a C.
You play a [F#] Corky bar on the fifth [E] fret, put [E] your third finger on an E, and your pinky's [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] [F] on A.
There [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
you [B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [C#] go.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [E] That's a little easy solo for it.
I'll go over the solo one more time a little slower, and then you can go ahead and see the tab on my website.
The Fish and Blues.
_ So, [C] it's a C chord,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] [C#] this is a F [F] chord, _ _ _ [C] back to a C chord, do the fill.
_ [Dm] _ _ [F#] _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [Fm] Anything you wanna do on a C there.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ D7, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] then you're on [G#] your C chord, [G] the _ _ eighth fret, seventh fret on an E.
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ Then you [Am] go up to A minor.
_ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] That's the Fish and Blues. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _