Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Carolina time, grab the fishing line

 Gonna get old Jim with the yellow-backed fly

Bought it in a store, paid a little more

 Gonna catch that fish with the yellow-backed fly

Tried it last year with a lit firefly

 Laid it on the water with a perfect bullseye

Jim made a splash, gone in a flash

 Beneath the water I heard him laugh

Chorus 1

 I go at six a.m., qui-et as a hymn

 Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly

 Gonna catch him wry, Gon-na catch him quick

 Take him by surprise at the bottom of the crick

 He lives beneath a rock, underneath the shade

 I will have him made with the yellow-backed fly

Here I am at last, lying in the grass,

 A quiet little cast with the yellow-backed fly

Chorus 2

 Felt a little tug, ole Jim had bit the bug

 Then I let him run with the yellow-backed fly

 Jumped up on the land, spit it in my hand

 He said, "nice try with the yellow-backed fly"

 Then he swam away, I gave him a farewell

 Now I'm going home with a story to tell

I put the truck in gear, I'll be back next year

 Gonna make a fly with a hypno...tizing eye

Chorus 3

2X)

 I go at six a.m., quiet as a hymn

 Gonna catch old Jim with the yellow-backed fly

 Twenty inches long, measured with a stick

 He's old Jim, but to me he's Moby Dick

END