Legend Of The Parlangua chords by Cahoots

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