Crawdad Hole Song Chords

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Crawdad Hole Song by Doc Watson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7, C and D. 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 
You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey 
                                    D7 
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe 
  G 
You get a line and I'll get a pole 
    C 
We'll go fishing in the crawdad hole 
 G     D     G 
Honey, baby, mine 


verse 1 
  G 
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, honey 
                                           D7 
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back, babe 
   G 
Yonder come a man with a sack on his back 
   C 
Packin all the crawdads he can pack 
  G     D      G 
(Honey, baby, mine) 


verse 2 
    G 
The man fell down and he broke that sack, honey 
                                          D7 
The man fell down and he broke that sack, babe 
   G 
The man fell down and he broke that sack 
  C 
See those crawdads crawling back 
  G      D      G 
(Honey, baby, mine.) 


  G 
You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey 
                                    D7 
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe 
  G 
You get a line and I'll get a pole 
    C 
We'll go fishing in the crawdad hole 
 G     D     G 
Honey, baby, mine 


verse 3 
  G 
What you goin' do when the sun goes dry, honey 
                                        D7 
What you goin' do when the sun goes dry, babe 
   G 
What you goin' do when the sun goes dry 
   C 
Sit on the back and watch the crawdads die 
    G     D     G 
(Honey, baby, mine) 


    G 
You get a line and I'll get a pole, honey 
                                   D7 
You get a line and I'll get a pole, babe 
  G 
You get a line and I'll get a pole 
  C 
We'll go down to the crawdad hole 
  G      D      G 
(Honey, baby, mine...)  
    	

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