Jimmy Crack Corn (Blue Tail Fly) chords American Traditional

^CWhen I was young I ^Gused to wait On master and ^Chand him his plate ^C7Pass him the bottle when ^Fhe got dry And ^Gbrush away the ^Cblue-tail fly

^CJimmy crack corn, and ^GI don't care Jimmy crack corn, and ^CI don't care ^C7Jimmy crack corn, and ^FI don't care My ^Gmaster's gone a^Cway

^CWhen he would ride in the ^Gafternoon I'd follow him with my ^Chickory broom The ^C7pony being ^Frather shy When ^Gbitten by the ^Cblue-tail fly

^CJimmy crack corn, and ^GI don't care Jimmy crack corn, and ^CI don't care ^C7Jimmy crack corn, and ^FI don't care My ^Gmaster's gone a^Cway

^COne day he rode a^Ground the farm Flies so numerous that they ^Cdid swarm ^C7One chanced to bite him ^Fon the thigh The ^Gdevil take the ^Cblue-tail fly

^CJimmy crack corn, and ^GI don't care Jimmy crack corn, and ^CI don't care ^C7Jimmy crack corn, and ^FI don't care My ^Gmaster's gone a^Cway

Well the pony jumped, he start, he pitch He threw my master in the ditch He died and the jury wondered why The verdict was the blue-tail fly

^CJimmy crack corn, and ^GI don't care Jimmy crack corn, and ^CI don't care ^C7Jimmy crack corn, and ^FI don't care My ^Gmaster's gone a^Cway

Now he lies beneath the 'simmon tree His epitaph is there to see "Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie The victim of the blue-tail fly" Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/

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