[Chorus]
C F
Don't tell Andy, don't tell Aunt Bee
C G F
They'll come a-lookin' for Opie and me
C F
Tell 'em we're dead or tell 'em we're gone
C G C
Me and Opie down by the duck pond
[Verse 1]
C F
Well Goober brought down some homegrown hay
C G C
It whomped me up the side the head, I never felt that way
C F
Aunt Bee said we'd be in dutch
C G C
If the sheriff ever caught us smokin' that stuff
[Chorus]
C F
Don't tell Andy, don't tell Aunt Bee
C G F
They'll come a-lookin' for Opie and me
C F
Tell 'em we're dead or tell 'em we're gone
C G C
Me and Opie down by the duck pond
[Verse 2]
C F
I heard a little holler down in the woods
C G C
Sounded like someone saying, 'Mm mm good!"
C F
I moved a little closer, sneaking like a squirrel
C G C
Otis was slurpin' up his favorite girrrrrl
[Verse 3]
C F
Otis said, "Boys, come sit by the still
C G C
I'll pour you up a jar of that famous swill
C F
If you can't walk, don't worry no way
C G C
Now LIGHT THAT PIPE and pass it my way"
[Chorus]
C F
Don't tell Andy, don't tell Aunt Bee
C G F
They'll come a-lookin' for Opie and me
C F
Tell 'em we're dead or tell 'em we're gone
C G C
Me and Opie down by the duck pond
[Verse 4]
C F
I had to dodge a rock that was hittin' the tree
C G C
Out of the swamp came Ernest T.
C F
Gold tooth a-flashing as he hit that pipe
C G C
Out of the blue came Barney Fife
[Verse 5]
C F
Well Barney come down to nip that still
C G C
Waving an axe, a lawman's thrill
C F
"Opie, don't smoke, you'll turn yourself green
C G C
Get me up a puff and I'll show you what I mean"
[Chorus]
C F
Don't tell Andy, don't tell Aunt Bee
C G F
They'll come a-lookin' for Opie and me
C F
Tell 'em we're dead or tell 'em we're gone
C G C
Me and Opie down by the duck pond
[Verse 6]
C F
We all sat there for most of the night
C G C
Trying to figure out our left from our right
C F
Here comes Andy and ol' Aunt Bee
C G C
Scoldin' the hell out of Opie and Me
[Chorus]
C F
Don't tell Andy, don't tell Aunt Bee
C G F
They'll come a-lookin' for Opie and me
C F
Tell 'em we're dead or tell 'em we're gone
C G C
Me and Opie down by the duck pond