Chords with lyrics
[Intro]
A minorAm
A minorAm
A minorAm
G+G
A minorAm
A minorAm
A minorAm
A minorAm
G+G
A minorAm
[Verse]
A minorAm
C majorC
Down in the bayous of Louisiana,
G+G
A minorAm
Where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
C majorC
Papa set out from our one-room shack,
G+G
A minorAm
Said he went fishin' but he never came back.
A minorAm
C majorC
And Mama said "Son, don't you ever go out
G+G
A minorAm
To Leroux swamp when the sun goes down.
C majorC
Creature down there called the Parlangua,
G+G
A minorAm
He got your brother, now he's got your Pa.”
[Chorus]
C majorC
G+G
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
A minorAm
FF
C majorC
Half alligator and the other half man.
E minorEm
FF
Son don't go when you hear the call:
A minorAm
E minorEm
A minorAm
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.
[Verse]
A minorAm
C majorC
I told my mama, "Gotta make things right,
G+G
A minorAm
Going huntin' down in Leroux swamp tonight.
C majorC
The stories that the old men told to me,
G+G
A minorAm
You gotta stick it with a stick from a sweet gum tree."
A minorAm
C majorC
A augmentedA whippoorwill cried and I prayed to God,
G+G
A minorAm
Then I headed for the swamp in a cold gray fog.
A minorAm
C majorC
Hours passed, it was drizzling' rain,
G+G
C majorC
When I realized that I had lost my way.
[Chorus]
C majorC
G+G
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
A minorAm
FF
C majorC
Half alligator and the other half man.
E minorEm
FF
Son don't go when you hear the call:
A minorAm
E minorEm
A minorAm
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.
[Verse]
A minorAm
C majorC
A augmentedA chillin' fear inside of me
G+G
A minorAm
As I whittled off a stick from a sweet gum tree.
A minorAm
C majorC
Spanish moss hanging all around,
G+G
A minorAm
Stoppin' to listen at every sound.
E minorEm
A minorAm
I stumbled and fell tangled up in vines,
C majorC
A minorAm
Fear and panic shootin' through my mind.
E minorEm
A minorAm
FF
Tried to rise and then I heard him scream:
C majorC
E minorEm
A minorAm
The Parlangua standin' over me.
[Instrumental]
A minorAm
A minorAm
A minorAm
G+G
A minorAm
A minorAm
A minorAm
A minorAm
G+G
A minorAm
[Verse]
A minorAm
C majorC
Down on the bayous of Lousiana,
G+G
A minorAm
FF
Where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
A minorAm
C majorC
My mama lives alone in a one-room shack-
G+G
E minorEm
A minorAm
Her boy went huntin' but he never came back
[Chorus]
C majorC
G+G
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
A minorAm
FF
C majorC
Half alligator and the other half man.
E minorEm
FF
Son don't go when you hear the call:
A minorAm
E minorEm
A minorAm