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lighthead2toe · 03-03-2009, 05:56 PM

I'd be happy to help you with this Barry.

I worked in a Toronto band in the 60's 70's and the Black Fly Song was a popular request so it was played regularly in our gigs..

If you go to : www.chordie.com you can get the lyrics if you look up under "H" for Wade Hemsworth, the composer. They don't provide chords for this tune which is unusual, as I refer to that site frequently for chords, but the ones I used came back to me quickly. I played it in a "C" position with the capo on the second fret.

So starting off it would be:

(C) Twas early in the spring when I decide to go
For to (F) work up in the woods in (G7) North Ontario
The (C) unemployment office said they'd send me through
To the (F) Little Abi-tibi with the (G7) survey crew.

Chorus:

And the (AM) black flies, the little black flies
Always a black fly, no matter where you go
I'll (DM) die with the black fly a-picking my bones
In north On-tar-i-(AM)o-i-o, (E) North Ontari-(AM)-o.

Then to finish the song we would repeat the chorus and on the very last note of
"Ontario" we would finish with a strong strum on the (A Major) chord.
So it would be "North Ontari-(Amajor)-o.

Good luck and make sure it's fun.

Cheers, RJ.

03-03-2009, 05:56 PM	#10
lighthead2toe Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: canada Posts: 920	Re: Song "Black Fly" I'd be happy to help you with this Barry. I worked in a Toronto band in the 60's 70's and the Black Fly Song was a popular request so it was played regularly in our gigs.. If you go to : www.chordie.com you can get the lyrics if you look up under "H" for Wade Hemsworth, the composer. They don't provide chords for this tune which is unusual, as I refer to that site frequently for chords, but the ones I used came back to me quickly. I played it in a "C" position with the capo on the second fret. So starting off it would be: (C) Twas early in the spring when I decide to go For to (F) work up in the woods in (G7) North Ontario The (C) unemployment office said they'd send me through To the (F) Little Abi-tibi with the (G7) survey crew. Chorus: And the (AM) black flies, the little black flies Always a black fly, no matter where you go I'll (DM) die with the black fly a-picking my bones In north On-tar-i-(AM)o-i-o, (E) North Ontari-(AM)-o. Then to finish the song we would repeat the chorus and on the very last note of "Ontario" we would finish with a strong strum on the (A Major) chord. So it would be "North Ontari-(Amajor)-o. Good luck and make sure it's fun. Cheers, RJ.