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