Robert Earl Keen - The Five Pound Bass Chords

(Live)
The Five Pound Bass
By Robert Earl Keen
KEY OF "G"

INTRO : INSTRUMENTALLY
 
G - G - G - D-  G - C -G -DG 

VERSE ONE

G
Up this morning...before the sun
                           D
Fixed me some coffee and a honey bun
G                         C
Jumped in my pickup...and gave her the gas
    G             D7          G                     
I'm goin' out to catch a five pound bass


VERSE TWO
G
Down by the lake side...just off the ramp
                                  D
All them people sleeping in their fishin' camp
G                           C
Some out in the pup tents...some out on the grass
     G                D7             G
They all be dreaming 'bout that five pound bass

CHORUS
C                       G
The early birdie always gets his worm.
C                  G
Me I always get my wish
C                              G
When you're talking 'bout that five pound bass son
    C                    D
The early wormy gets the fish

VERSE THREE

Jumped in my john boat...I stow my gear
I fire up and when I'm in the clear
I sail across that water...as smooth as glass
Get ready here I come... you five pound bass

INSTRUMENRTAL OVER VERSE

VERSE FOUR
I find a perfect spot...in some old dead trees
Back in a canyon where you can't feel no breeze
I tie my lure...I make my cast
It's breakfast time...you five pound bass

VERSE FIVE
G
That old sun is rising...that water is clear
                                           D   G(stop)
I watch my lure as it's flyin' through the air

(Talking Part)
G                                C
I see a ripple...aaah...I hear a splash
G                        D    D7       G
Lord have mercy,..It's a five pound...bass


REPEAT INTRO (4X)

Spoken: over intro phrase
Son....that's a five pound 
Aw it looks like  a toster....aaah..son !

Note: end of song is just jammin' over 
the intro...have fun