THE BLUE TAIL FLY (JIMMY CRACK CORN)

LEVEL 4G · 132 BPM · Daniel Decatur Emmett

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HANDS

TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN

Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

When (G)I was young I (C)used to (Am)wait on (G)Mas ter (Em)and hand (D7)him his plate.

And (G)pass the bot tle when (C)he got (Am)dry, and (D7)brush a way the (G)blue tail fly.

(G)Jim my crack corn and (D7)I don’t care, Jim my crack corn and (G)I don’t care, Jim my crack corn and (C)I don’t care, my (D7)mas ter’s gone a (G)way.