Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Intro:
e|-----3--3----3--3-----------|
BB|-----6--6----6--5--3--3-----|
G+G|-----3--3----3--3--5--3-----|
D MajorD|-----3--3----3--3--3--3-----|
A augmentedA|-------------------5--5-----|
E MajorE|--3-------3-----------3-----|
🎸 Verse 1:
G minorGm C majorC Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7
See the free-spirit girl, she dance in the mud in the moonlight
G minorGm C majorC Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7
Where the coyote moan echos out in the cool of the midnight
Bb majorBb FF C7C7
Down in the swamp with the pulse of the sting of a bug bite
Gm7Gm7
Somebody lies in the reeds but he's out of her sight
Gm7Gm7
Somebody lies in the reeds but he’s out of her sight (Alright)
🎸 Verse 2:
G minorGm C majorC Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7
She take off all of her clothes, for the great horned owl and the lord to see
G minorGm C majorC Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7
Pick out a star in the sky to become her reality
Bb majorBb FF C7C7
Suck on a mayhaw, chew on the bark of a Tupelo tree
Gm7Gm7
Somebody cries in the reeds but she don't hear him plea
Gm7Gm7
Somebody cries in the reeds but she don't hear him plea (oohwee)
🎸 Verse 3:
G minorGm C majorC Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7
Now the low water’s warm flowing through the Atchafalaya
G minorGm C majorC Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7
The cove of the outcasts, the den of the social pariah
Bb majorBb FF C7C7
She summon the blood at the riverbed of the messiah
Gm7Gm7
Somebody dies in the reeds as she sing Kumbaya
Gm7Gm7
Somebody dies in the reeds as she sing Kumbaya (Good God)
🎸 Outro:
Gm7Gm7
And come alive in the reeds in the great Kumbaya
Gm7Gm7
Come alive in the reeds in the great Kumbaya
Gm7Gm7
Come alive in the reeds in the great Kumbaya
Gm7Gm7
Come alive in the reeds in the great Kumbaya