Fish Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays600

Fish by Daniel Johnston is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, Am and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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G    C             D         Am 
Try aching every care in the world. 
G    C             D         Am 
She's only the most beautiful girl. 
G            C             D       Am 
The more I think it the badder it gets 
G            C             D                      Am 
I was just swimming along when I was caught in her net 

G             Em            Am      D 
She's got me singing with a broken heart 
G             Em            Am      D 
I keep on messing with my mind torn apart 
G             Em                Am               D 
She's already forgotten, look at me left in the dust 
G          Em          Am       D 
I guess my art didn't help very much. 

Then the super love got me again 

Got me dreaming I could almost win 

I stopped to take a look around with a grin 

So much turmoil in this crazy town 

She's got me bloody from hitting the bricks 

Is this the way the girlies get their kicks? 

And now i see if it makes a difference 

Everyone in love, hating her & each other 

Always thinking it's near the end 

Then i was hoping she'd be my friend 

Will i forever only wish it again? 

oh to be alive & free from sin! 

Psycho love in the Twilight Zone. 

Drippy soap opera on the telephone. 

I get so close but i don't belong. 

Strain to identify with a radio song. 

Then i see her as if in a dream. 

It's so real i could almost scream. 

She's doing a ritual the same for any man, 

just like a movie it's so deadpan! 

I hope for true love in the darkness. 

I had the chance at false romance. 

Maybe next time I'll look for something new. 

I'm so ashamed, so unglued. 

I've had enough & she'll never know. 

I feel like staying but my subconscious says 'Go'. 

Shed a tear like blood on the floor 

It's only love & nothing more 

She's got me singing with a broken heart 

i keep on messing with my mind torn apart 

she's already forgotten, look at me left in the dust 

I guess my art didn't help very much 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante