Chords for Taj Mahal - Fishing Blues 1993

_ _ _ _ You know it's funny how you think of yourself over a bunch of years
Then you listen to all the sounds that come back here and people tell you what it is that they like this song
Is actually East Texas song which a lot of people don't know about but you'll know about it now
East Texas song _ this character
_ inspired tremendous amount of people to
Put together music one his name is
_ Henry ragtime, Texas Thomas from East Texas over there sorting their orange and Beaumont over that way
Off I attend right, you know, no, I'm saying I'll get you hurricane
Y _ _ 'all know about that
Anyway, he also wrote this tune that Bob Dylan could never remember that I can never remember the name of the man that I
heard the song
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Anyway
The one tune that I do one of the tunes that I do out of this characters library is a tune called fish and blues
Said _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _
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_ _ betcha gon' fish in [Ab] all the time baby gon' fish in [Eb] too
Bet your life your sweet [F] wife gon' catch more fish [Bb] than you
[Eb] Many fish might be got good bait.
He'll end up in a lot every day.
I said
You got good bait I'm gon' fish in [Ab] yes, I'm [Eb] gon' fish in and baby gon' fish in too
Went on down to my favorite fishing hole [Ab] now.
I got myself a [Eb] phone in line
Man bound catfish on the bottom.
Clean.
I [A] got him that take him home [Bb] to mama about supper [Eb] time
Many fish might be got good [Abm] be it here a [Eb] little tip it up a lot to relate I said
If you got good bait, [Ab] I'm gon' fish in yes, I'm gon' [Eb] fish in and baby gon' fish in too
Bird brother just about to run me out of my mind said man.
Can I go fishing with you?
To come on down my favorite fishing hole [A] what you think that brother [Bb] mind did do
[Eb] Well, it's a man bird on the bottom.
Leave me [Ab] got him now.
Take me home to [Eb] mama.
So here we go.
Come on
And this line [Ab] he [Eb] gon' fish in yes, I [Ab] go on fishing [Eb] in and baby gon' fish in
Put me in the pop and put him in the pan mama cook until it nice and round
Get yourself a batch of butter mocha can be [F] put the song on to [Bb] mommy's coffee mom [Eb] down
Many fish might be got [Ab] good be it here a [Eb] little tip it up a lot to relate I said
If you got good bait, I'm gon' fish in yes, [Ab] I'm gon' fish [Eb] in and baby gon' fish in too _
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ Bet you gon' fish in all the [Ab] time baby gon' fish [Eb] in too
Bet your life your sweet wife gon' catch more [Bb] fish than you
[Eb] Many fish might be got [Ab] good be it here a [Eb] little tip it up a lot to relate I said
If you got good bait, I'm gon' fish in yes, I'm gon' fish in and baby gon' fish in too
Bet you gon' fish in all the time.
Come on, baby gon' fish in too
Bet your life your sweet [F] wife gon' catch more [Bb] fish than you
[Eb] Many fish might be got good [Ab] bait here a little tip it [Eb] up a lot to relate I said
If you got good bait, I'm gon' fish in [Ab] yes I'm gon' [Eb] fish in and baby gon' fish in too _
I'm gon' fish and mama's don't fish in and the baby don't fish in _
[Ab] I'm gon' [Eb] fish and [Ab] mama's [Eb] don't fish in and baby don't fish in too _
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