Fisherman's Life Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays636

Fisherman's Life by Jack Ingram is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Cadd9, F and C. 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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16
Speed
  			G                 Cadd9       G     Cadd9  G 
Old man Crow goes down to the river 
G                    Cadd9      G     Cadd9  G 
Gonna fish himself a full day's work 
G                         Cadd9       G            Cadd9  G 
Been fishing the same old pond nearly all his life 
        G                   Cadd9        G 
Got his name engraved right there in the dirt 
F              G  
Gonna take his catch down to market 
F                     G  
gonna bring that money back home 
F            G     
He's putting bread on the table 
F C               G    
   He's doing his job 
 
  
Old man's buddy comes down to the river 
He's gonna talk himself a full day's work 
He's been fishing for the love of the pond nearly all his life 
He don't mind at all getting down in the dirt 
His wife calls at the end of the day 
His child stumbles downtown to play 
He's gonna sit in the yard for awhile 
He's feeling no pain 
 
Solo 
 
 
The river bed man has seen some changes 
Going from paddle boats to gasoline 
He don't mind at all about no dirty water 
As long the sun comes up and those fish get cleaned 
Don't need no millionaire's daughter 
Don't need no millionaire's wife 
He's got that millionaire's money 
Notched in the pole of the fisherman's life 
    	

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.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante