Legend Of The Parlangua chords by Cahoots

[Intro]

Am Am Am G Am
Am Am Am G Am


[Verse]

Am          C
Down in the bayous of Louisiana,
     G            Am
Where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
            C
Papa set out from our one-room shack,
G              Am
Said he went fishin' but he never came back.

Am               C
And Mama said "Son, don't you ever go out
    G         Am
To Leroux swamp when the sun goes down.
                C
Creature down there called the Parlangua,
    G            Am
He got your brother, now he's got your Pa.”


[Chorus]

    C        G
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
Am           F        C
Half alligator and the other half man.
Em               F
Son don't go when you hear the call:
    Am         Em   Am
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.


[Verse]

Am          C
I told my mama, "Gotta make things right,
     G            Am
Going huntin' down in Leroux swamp tonight.
                C
The stories that the old men told to me,
G                Am
You gotta stick it with a stick from a sweet gum tree."

Am               C
A whippoorwill cried and I prayed to God,
    G            Am
Then I headed for the swamp in a cold gray fog.
Am           C
Hours passed, it was drizzling' rain,
    G         C
When I realized that I had lost my way.


[Chorus]

    C        G
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
Am           F        C
Half alligator and the other half man.
Em               F
Son don't go when you hear the call:
    Am         Em   Am
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.


[Verse]

   Am     C
A chillin' fear inside of me
    G            Am
As I whittled off a stick from a sweet gum tree.
Am           C
Spanish moss hanging all around,
    G            Am
Stoppin' to listen at every sound.

Em               Am
I stumbled and fell tangled up in vines,
C            Am
Fear and panic shootin' through my mind.
Em           Am       F
Tried to rise and then I heard him scream:
    C        Em   Am
The Parlangua standin' over me.


[Instrumental]

Am Am Am G Am
Am Am Am G Am


[Verse]

Am           C
Down on the bayous of Lousiana,
    G            Am       F
Where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
Am               C
My mama lives alone in a one-room shack-
G                Em   Am
Her boy went huntin' but he never came back


[Chorus]

    C        G
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
Am           F        C
Half alligator and the other half man.
Em               F
Son don't go when you hear the call:
    Am         Em   Am