Traditional - Blue-tail Fly guitar chord

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Verse:

F Bb

When I was young I use' to wait

F C7 Gm7 C7

On massa an' hand him his plate

F Bb

An' pass de bottle when he got dry

C7 F

An' brush away de blue-tail fly

Chorus:

C7

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care

F

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care

Bb

Jimmie crack corn an' I don't care

C7 F

Ol' Massa's gone away

One day he ride aroun' de farm

De flies so num'rous they did swarm

One chanced to bite him on de thigh

De devil take de blue-tail fly!

Chorus

De pony run, he jump he pitch

He threw my Massa in de ditch

He died an' de jury wondered why

De verdict was de blue-tail fly

Chorus

They lay him under a simmon tree

His epitaph is there to see --

"Beneath this stone I'm forced to lie --

Victim of de blue-tail fly."

Chorus