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Jimmy Crack Corn - Burl Ives Chords

Chords: Crack, Corn, Fly), A, E, A7, D, E7

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Genre: folk, children's, novelty

Jimmy Crack Corn (Blue Tail Fly) chords
American Traditional 1840s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Crack_Corn
A E
When I was young I used to wait
A
On master and hand him his plate
A7 D
Pass him the bottle when he got dry
E E7 A
And brush away the blue-tail fly
A E
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
A
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
A7 D
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
E E7 A
My master's gone away
A E
When he would ride in the afternoon
A
I'd follow him with my hickory broom
A7 D
The pony being rather shy
E E7 A
When bitten by the blue-tail fly
A E
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
A
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
A7 D
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
E E7 A
My master's gone away
A E
One day he rode around the farm
A
Flies so numerous that they did swarm
A7 D
One chanced to bite him on the thigh
E E7 A
The devil take the blue-tail fly
A E
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
A
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
A7 D
Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care
E E7 A
My master's gone away

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

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