Artist: Tom Rush | Song: Fish Story Song

Artist/Band: Rush Tom Tabs
Song: Fish Story Song Tab

D
Well I went to the river 
D
and I caught me a fish
D
brought him back home 
    A             D
and put him in a dish

D
I was in 
D
for big surprise
D                
never saw a fish 
          A          D
with such big blue eyes

[chorus]
G
Stoke up the stove, 
D
get down the skillet
A
I've got an empty tummy
D
but I'm gonna fill it.
G
Get out the salt
D
Get out the pepper
A
This fish is good 
D
but I'm gonna make it better

D
deedle deedle deedle dee dee dee
D                   A         D
deedle deedle deedle dee dee dee

I heard a voice say
'scuze me please
salt makes me itchy
pepper makes me sneeze

I wasn't happy and it's 
just my luck it
seems I'd better quick
and put him in a bucket

Well the fish said sir
there's time to be humble
I know you're in a hurry
I can hear your tummy rumble

I'm a magic fish
and it's a big mistake
to treat a magic fish 
like a piece of steak

[chorus]
Stoke up the stove, 
get down the skillet
I've got an empty tummy
but I'm gonna fill it.

Get out the salt
Get out the pepper
fish tastes good 
but I'm gonna make it better

Deedle deedle deedle dee dee dee
Deedle deedle deedle dee dee dee

My head I'm shaken
and the floor I"m walking
can't seem to cook 
a fish that's talking

Said I'll tell a story
if you let me live
I'll tell you a story 
but to get ya gotta give

So he told me stories about Paul Revere
and ol' Paul Bunyon and the grizzly bear
He told me the one
about the man from Nantucket
the fish did a flip
and wiggled in the bucket

[chorus]
Stoke up the stove, 
get down the skillet
I've got an empty tummy
but I'm gonna fill it.
Get out the salt
Get out the pepper
This fish is good 
but I'm gonna make it better

Deedle deedle deedle dee dee dee
Deedle deedle deedle dee dee dee


We told stories til 
the sun came upper
I gave the fish breadcrumbs
and I had peanut butter

I said Mr Fish
what are we gonna do?
you're supposed to feed me
now I'm feeding you. 

So I took'm to the river
and I put'm him back in
now every evenin' 
I come and visit him

We both tell stories
til it's late at night
and I'll go home
and turn off the light

[chorus]
Dapper down the stove
and hang up the skillet
got an empty stomach
gonna haveta live with it

Put away the salt
Put away the pepper
a fish dinner's good 
but a fish friend's better

deedle deedle deedle dee dee dee
deedle deedle deedle dee dee dee

[Thanks to jay munro for tabs]