The Ballad Of Gator Mcklusky chords by Jerry Reed

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He was raised in the swamp
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In the back of a slough
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He grew up eatin' rattlesnake meat
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And drinkin' homemade brew
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Now folks here about call him Gator
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And everybody knows him well
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Meanest man ever to hit the swamp
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Folks swear he come straight outta hell
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Well Gator Mcklusky sittin' on a stump
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Hammer pulled back on a twelve gauge pump
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Watchin' that swamp lookin' out for the
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 law
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While he make the best corn liquor you
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 ever saw
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(Rock gut whiskey...)
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While he's makin' that mash he watches and he looks
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Old Gator he knows that swamp like a book
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Somethin' out there movin' Gator
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 whaddaya see
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Ain't nothin' but the snakes and the
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 gators and me
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Everything's okey-dokey in the
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 Okefenokee
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That sheriff ain't snoopin' around
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So cook that moonshine down
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'Til it's good and clear
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Everything's okey-dokey in the
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 Okefenokee
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That sheriff he'd soon mess around with

 the devil
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Than to get his self long messin'
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 around in here
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One day he was cookin' some mash he was almost done
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When they spotted the law and they had to run
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So he headed for the swamp and they
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 followed him in
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But the law might as well been
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 a-chasin' the wind
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(Look out for that snake, sheriff...)
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Well they chased on back through the muck and the slime
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To the back of that swamp where the sun don't shine
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But the law won't never catch Gator my
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 friend
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'Cause he knows that swamp like the
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 back of his hand
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Watch out boys old smokey's in the
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 Okefenokee
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The sheriff's out there snoopin' around
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So shut that business down
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And let's disappear
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Look out boys old smokey's in the
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 Okefenokee
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But that sheriff he's really gonna
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 catch the devil
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If he keeps on snoopin' around in here
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(Gator's in the swamp, sheriff...)
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(Go get him...)
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(If you can...)
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(Careful, sheriff...)

(Don't let that gator bite you on your gonads...)