The Blue Tail Fly II (hi-lo)
by 19th C. American folk song · posted by WaltP
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- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
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THE BLUE TAIL FLY II hi-lo
(Jimmy Crack Corn)
19th C. American folk song
Key: E
-4 5 5 4 4 -3 -4 -4
-8 8 8 7 7 -7 -8 -8
When I was young I used to wait
-4 -4 -4 -3 -4 -4 4 4
-8 -8 -8 -7 -8 -8 7 7
on mas-ter hand-ing him his plate,
4 5 5 4 4 4 -3”-3” -5
7 8 8 7 7 7 -6 -6 -9
I brought his bot-tle when he was dry
-3” 3 -3 -4 -5 5 4 4
-6 6 -7 -8 -9 8 7 7
and brushed a-way the Blue Tail Fly.
3 3 4 4 4 -3 -4 -4
6 6 7 7 7 -7 -8 -8
Jim-my crack corn and I don't care,
3 3 -4 -4 -4 4 5 5
6 6 -8 -8 -8 7 8 8
Jim-my crack corn and I don't care,
4 4 5 5 5 -5 -6 -6
7 7 8 8 8 -9 -10 -10
Jim-my crack corn and I don't care,
-6 6 6 -5 -4 4
-10 9 9 -9 -8 7
old mas-ter’s gone a-way.