Chords:
{t: Jimmy Crack Corn (Blue Tail Fly)}
{key: A}
{artist:Big Bill Broonzy}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4jeaaVGCA But in Eb
{c: Changes prompted by Matt Kurz - thanks}
[A] Jimmy crack corn, and [E7] I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and [A] I don't care
[A7] Jimmy crack corn, and [D] I don't care, My [E7] master's gone a-[A]way
[A] When I was young I [D] used to wait
On my [A] master and [E7] bring him his plate
[A7] Pass him the bottle when [D] he got dry
And [E7] brush away the [A] blue-tail fly
[A] Jimmy crack corn, and [E7] I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and [A] I don't care
[A7] Jimmy crack corn, and [D] I don't care, My [E7] master's gone a-[A]way
{c: }
[A] One day he ride a-[D]round the farm
Flies so [A] numerous that [E7] they did swarm
[A7] One chanced to bite him [D] on the thigh
The [E7] devil take the [A] blue-tail fly
[A] Jimmy crack corn, and [E7] I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and [A] I don't care
[A7] Jimmy crack corn, and [D] I don't care, My [E7] master's gone a-[A]way
{c: }
[A] When he would ride in the [D] afternoon
I'd [A] follow him with my [E7] hickory broom
The [A7] pony behan to [D] run and shy
When [E7] bitten by the [A] blue-tail fly
[A] Jimmy crack corn, and [E7] I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and [A] I don't care
[A7] Jimmy crack corn, and [D] I don't care, My [E7] master's gone a-[A]way
{c: }
[A] The pony run, he jump, [D] he pitch
He [A] threw my master [E7] in the ditch
He [A7] died and the jury [D] wondered why
The [E7] verdict was the [D] blue-tail fly
[A] Jimmy crack corn, and [E7] I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and [A] I don't care
[A7] Jimmy crack corn, and [D] I don't care, My [E7] master's gone a-[A]way
{c: }
[A] They laid him under the [D] 'simmon tree
His epi-[A]taph is [E7] there to see
[A7] "Beneath this stone [D] I'm forced to lie
A [E7] victim of a [A] blue-tail fly"
[A] Jimmy crack corn, and [E7] I don't care, Jimmy crack corn, and [A] I don't care
[A7] Jimmy crack corn, and [D] I don't care, My [E7] master's gone a-[A]way
