Chords for Mark Keller: Fish On "Live"

[E] [G] This next song is based on a true [A] story.
[B] _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
Some of the details have been changed,
_ and the timeline, _ _ and [F#] [B] some of the characters, and the plot.
[Em] _ _
_ _ But, by God, it happened. _ _
_ Not too long ago, up in [A] Alaska,
_ [B] _ [G] _
_ where it gets so cold, parts of a man can disappear.
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Stirs his coffee with his what? _ _ _
It's an inside joke. _ _ _ _
[B] Anyway, the [E] _ [B] _ [Em] _ _
story goes like this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Sam read the fish finder like his favorite book.
He said, Mark, [G] you got bait on your hook?
_ There's a big one down there, a chinook. _
He gunned the troller, [Em] gave me a look. _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ He said, we're right on it.
Without [G] missing a beat, you'll drop your line down to [Em] 42 feet.
If you don't screw up, it won't be long.
Someone [B] on this boat's gonna [G#] sing fish [G] on.
Fish on, _ _ [D]
yeah, fish on.
_ _ [C] I'll do it by the book, don't take [Am] too long.
[A] Set the hook, reel it in [G] strong.
Fish on, _ [D] ooh, fish on.
_ [Em] Yeah, yeah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, he surfaced once, [E] swam back down.
[Em] Sam's just about 29 pounds.
I said, cut him loose.
[G] That ain't gonna work.
[Em] _ Sam said, Mark, you jerk. _ _
_ _ He said, you know, they don't bite like this all the [G] time.
I said, Sam, we here on my dime?
_ [Em]
I got a [G] bet with my old buddy [E] Dan.
[N] Coming home with a 50-pounder in [G] hand.
Fish on, _ [D] yeah, fish on.
[C] I may be crazy for letting him [A] go,
but I got a thing big to collect [G] my dough.
Fish on, _ _ [D] ooh, fish on.
_ [E] Yeah, yeah.
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, [G] the boat went silent as we set him free.
_ [Em]
Sam just sat there staring at [B] me,
[G] smoking a burro, [G] spitting in the sea.
[Bm] _ I was getting hungry and I had to pee.
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ _ Then just as we were about to give up and go home,
I felt a tug on my rod like none I'd known.
It was ominous.
Like some monster from the deep, I said,
this is the [G] one I believe I'll keep.
Fish on, _ [D] yeah, fish on.
_ _ [C] I'll wind your line, you get to make it whirl.
[A] You can't catch a king reeling like a little [G] girl.
You got to fish on.
Ooh, [D] fish _ on.
[E] Yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _ _
I [Em] _ [E] was barely holding on when the fish master cried,
he's dragging the boat, taking us for a ride.
I knew I needed all my strength right now
when the fish yanked my ass from the stern to the bow.
_ _ _ [Em] But I didn't let go.
Though my knuckles were wide, I [E] said,
fish, I'm going to win if it takes all night.
I'm reeling you in.
That ain't all.
I'm [N] mounting your fat, scaly butt on my [G] wall.
Fish on, [D] yeah, fish on.
_ [C] I'll _ close your eyes and quote the scripture.
[A] But first get a camera and take my [G] picture.
Fish on, yeah, fish on.
Ooh, [D] fish on.
_ _ [Em] Whoa. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ [G] _ _ [E] _ [Bm] It took three hours to get the bastard in the boat. _ _ _
We [G] were taking on water.
Just barely [Em] afloat.
[G] Reached the dock and the crowd gathered around.
They said, we heard on the air he was pulling you down.
[F#m] _ [Em] _ _ Yeah.
_ [G] _
_ _ _ Don't [Em] believe all you hear because it ain't always [G] true.
I was playing that game.
It's my job.
It's what I do.
Then we hung him from the scale for the whole world to see.
[B] He wasn't 50 pounds.
He's fucking [G] 53.
Fish on, [D] yeah, fish on.
I want [C] to thank my mom and thank my crew.
[A] I especially want to thank all the little people who [G] said, fish on.
Ooh, [D] fish on.
_ [C] I hit him again.
He's still kind of [A] squirming.
Somebody call my damn taxi.
I'm going to get the [G] damn fish on. _
_ [D] Fish on.
_ [E] Yeah, yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Fish on, everybody.
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [Em] Thank you.
_ [B] Thank you.
[N] _ _