Chords for Woody Guthrie - Talking Fish Blues
Tempo:
82.95 bpm
Chords used:
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E
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] I went [D] down to the fishing [E] hole and I sat down with my fishing pole.
[A] Some grabbed my hook [D] and they got my [E] bait and they jerked me out in the [A] middle of the lake.
[D] Some jumped.
[A] I got sunk, [E] baptized on the [A] credit.
Fishing down on the muddy [D] bank, I fell to the pool and I gave a big yank.
[A] I hauled out three old rubber [E] boots and a [A] Ford radiator and a Chevrolet coupe, [E] handed
in for national defense.
[A]
Satting in a [Bm] boat with a bucket [E] of beer and I hadn't caught nothing but I didn't much [A] care.
I guess I was [D] pretty well [E] satisfied.
I had my little lady [A] right by my side, [D] taking it easy, [E] just to wait.
[A] [D] The worm had been gone off that [E] hook for a couple [A] hours.
You [D] go fishing, I'll tell you what to do.
[A] You go sit [E] down by the greasy slough, take [A] a piece of [D] string and tie it on [E] your pole
and throw it way out in the middle [A] of the hole.
Find [D] you a good shade [E] tree and then just sit down and go to sleep.
[A] Forget all about it.
Jumped in the [D] river and went down [E] deep.
There was a hundred pound catfish laying there [A] asleep.
[D] Jumped on his back and rode in him to town.
[E] Saddled him [A] up and then come to town.
[D] People come a running, [E] looking.
Dogs a barking, kids a [A] squalling.
[D] [E] [A]
Stagnate [D] waters a stinking [A] thing, slick [E] on top and all turned green.
[A]
[D] Water goes bad, the fish all run.
[E] I sat all day, not [A] catching one, [D] except mud wallopers, [E] Jew gars, you little [A] suckers.
I waded out [D] to a sandy [E] barn and caught myself a big alligator gar.
[A] I brung him [D] home across my back.
[E] Tail was dragging [A] a mile and a half, [D] slipping and flopping.
[E] Sold him for a quarter, shot crabs, got in jail.
[A] [D] [E] [A]
Early one [D] morning I took me [E] an ocean to go out a fishing in the middle of the ocean.
[A] Rode out my [D] line, I caught me [E] a shark.
I didn't get him home till way [A] past dark.
He [D] was a man eater, [A] tough customer.
[E] Just wasn't quite tough [A] enough.
Late last [D] night I had me [E] a dream.
I was out fishing in a whiskey stream.
[A] Baited [D] my hook with apple jack.
[E] Swallowed a drink, bring a [A] gallon back.
[D] Done pretty good, [E] till the creek run dry.
So I give my fish back to the [A] finance company.
[D] [E] [A]
[A] Some grabbed my hook [D] and they got my [E] bait and they jerked me out in the [A] middle of the lake.
[D] Some jumped.
[A] I got sunk, [E] baptized on the [A] credit.
Fishing down on the muddy [D] bank, I fell to the pool and I gave a big yank.
[A] I hauled out three old rubber [E] boots and a [A] Ford radiator and a Chevrolet coupe, [E] handed
in for national defense.
[A]
Satting in a [Bm] boat with a bucket [E] of beer and I hadn't caught nothing but I didn't much [A] care.
I guess I was [D] pretty well [E] satisfied.
I had my little lady [A] right by my side, [D] taking it easy, [E] just to wait.
[A] [D] The worm had been gone off that [E] hook for a couple [A] hours.
You [D] go fishing, I'll tell you what to do.
[A] You go sit [E] down by the greasy slough, take [A] a piece of [D] string and tie it on [E] your pole
and throw it way out in the middle [A] of the hole.
Find [D] you a good shade [E] tree and then just sit down and go to sleep.
[A] Forget all about it.
Jumped in the [D] river and went down [E] deep.
There was a hundred pound catfish laying there [A] asleep.
[D] Jumped on his back and rode in him to town.
[E] Saddled him [A] up and then come to town.
[D] People come a running, [E] looking.
Dogs a barking, kids a [A] squalling.
[D] [E] [A]
Stagnate [D] waters a stinking [A] thing, slick [E] on top and all turned green.
[A]
[D] Water goes bad, the fish all run.
[E] I sat all day, not [A] catching one, [D] except mud wallopers, [E] Jew gars, you little [A] suckers.
I waded out [D] to a sandy [E] barn and caught myself a big alligator gar.
[A] I brung him [D] home across my back.
[E] Tail was dragging [A] a mile and a half, [D] slipping and flopping.
[E] Sold him for a quarter, shot crabs, got in jail.
[A] [D] [E] [A]
Early one [D] morning I took me [E] an ocean to go out a fishing in the middle of the ocean.
[A] Rode out my [D] line, I caught me [E] a shark.
I didn't get him home till way [A] past dark.
He [D] was a man eater, [A] tough customer.
[E] Just wasn't quite tough [A] enough.
Late last [D] night I had me [E] a dream.
I was out fishing in a whiskey stream.
[A] Baited [D] my hook with apple jack.
[E] Swallowed a drink, bring a [A] gallon back.
[D] Done pretty good, [E] till the creek run dry.
So I give my fish back to the [A] finance company.
[D] [E] [A]
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ I went [D] down to the fishing [E] hole and I sat down with my fishing pole.
[A] Some grabbed my hook [D] and they got my [E] bait and they jerked me out in the [A] middle of the lake.
_ [D] Some jumped.
[A] I got sunk, [E] baptized on the [A] credit.
_ Fishing down on the muddy [D] bank, I fell to the pool and I gave a big yank.
[A] I hauled out three old rubber [E] boots and a [A] Ford radiator and a Chevrolet coupe, [E] handed
in for national defense.
[A] _ _
Satting in a [Bm] boat with a bucket [E] of beer and I hadn't caught nothing but I didn't much [A] care.
I guess I was [D] pretty well [E] satisfied.
I had my little lady [A] right by my side, _ [D] taking it easy, _ [E] just to wait.
[A] _ _ [D] The worm had been gone off that [E] hook for a couple [A] hours.
_ _ You [D] go fishing, I'll tell you what to do.
[A] You go sit [E] down by the greasy slough, take [A] a piece of [D] string and tie it on [E] your pole
and throw it way out in the middle [A] of the hole.
Find [D] you a good shade [E] tree and then just sit down and go to sleep.
[A] Forget all about it. _
_ _ Jumped in the [D] river and went down [E] deep.
There was a hundred pound catfish laying there [A] asleep.
[D] Jumped on his back and rode in him to town.
[E] Saddled him [A] up and then come to town.
_ [D] People come a running, [E] looking.
Dogs a barking, kids a [A] squalling.
_ [D] _ [E] _ [A] _
Stagnate [D] waters a stinking [A] thing, slick [E] on top and all turned green.
_ [A]
[D] Water goes bad, the fish all run.
[E] I sat all day, not [A] catching one, [D] except mud wallopers, [E] Jew gars, you little [A] suckers. _
I waded out [D] to a sandy [E] barn and caught myself a big alligator gar.
[A] I brung him [D] home across my back.
[E] Tail was dragging [A] a mile and a half, [D] slipping and flopping.
[E] Sold him for a quarter, shot crabs, _ got in jail.
[A] _ [D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _
Early one [D] morning I took me [E] an ocean to go out a fishing in the middle of the ocean.
[A] Rode out my [D] line, I caught me [E] a shark.
I didn't get him home till way [A] past dark.
He [D] was a man eater, [A] tough customer.
[E] _ Just wasn't quite tough [A] enough. _
_ _ Late last [D] night I had me [E] a dream.
I was out fishing in a whiskey stream.
[A] Baited [D] my hook with apple jack.
[E] Swallowed a drink, bring a [A] gallon back.
_ [D] Done pretty good, [E] till the creek run dry.
_ So I give my fish back to the [A] finance company.
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[A] Some grabbed my hook [D] and they got my [E] bait and they jerked me out in the [A] middle of the lake.
_ [D] Some jumped.
[A] I got sunk, [E] baptized on the [A] credit.
_ Fishing down on the muddy [D] bank, I fell to the pool and I gave a big yank.
[A] I hauled out three old rubber [E] boots and a [A] Ford radiator and a Chevrolet coupe, [E] handed
in for national defense.
[A] _ _
Satting in a [Bm] boat with a bucket [E] of beer and I hadn't caught nothing but I didn't much [A] care.
I guess I was [D] pretty well [E] satisfied.
I had my little lady [A] right by my side, _ [D] taking it easy, _ [E] just to wait.
[A] _ _ [D] The worm had been gone off that [E] hook for a couple [A] hours.
_ _ You [D] go fishing, I'll tell you what to do.
[A] You go sit [E] down by the greasy slough, take [A] a piece of [D] string and tie it on [E] your pole
and throw it way out in the middle [A] of the hole.
Find [D] you a good shade [E] tree and then just sit down and go to sleep.
[A] Forget all about it. _
_ _ Jumped in the [D] river and went down [E] deep.
There was a hundred pound catfish laying there [A] asleep.
[D] Jumped on his back and rode in him to town.
[E] Saddled him [A] up and then come to town.
_ [D] People come a running, [E] looking.
Dogs a barking, kids a [A] squalling.
_ [D] _ [E] _ [A] _
Stagnate [D] waters a stinking [A] thing, slick [E] on top and all turned green.
_ [A]
[D] Water goes bad, the fish all run.
[E] I sat all day, not [A] catching one, [D] except mud wallopers, [E] Jew gars, you little [A] suckers. _
I waded out [D] to a sandy [E] barn and caught myself a big alligator gar.
[A] I brung him [D] home across my back.
[E] Tail was dragging [A] a mile and a half, [D] slipping and flopping.
[E] Sold him for a quarter, shot crabs, _ got in jail.
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Early one [D] morning I took me [E] an ocean to go out a fishing in the middle of the ocean.
[A] Rode out my [D] line, I caught me [E] a shark.
I didn't get him home till way [A] past dark.
He [D] was a man eater, [A] tough customer.
[E] _ Just wasn't quite tough [A] enough. _
_ _ Late last [D] night I had me [E] a dream.
I was out fishing in a whiskey stream.
[A] Baited [D] my hook with apple jack.
[E] Swallowed a drink, bring a [A] gallon back.
_ [D] Done pretty good, [E] till the creek run dry.
_ So I give my fish back to the [A] finance company.
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