Intro
A#m A#m A#m G# A#m
A#m A#m A#m G# A#m
[Verse]
A#m C#
Down in the bayous of Louisiana,
G# A#m
Where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
C#
Papa set out from our one-room shack,
G# A#m
Said he went fishin' but he never came back.
A#m C#
And Mama said "Son, don't you ever go out
G# A#m
To Leroux swamp when the sun goes down.
C#
Creature down there called the Parlangua,
G# A#m
He got your brother, now he's got your Pa.”
[Chorus]
C# G#
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
A#m F# C#
Half alligator and the other half man.
Fm F#
Son don't go when you hear the call:
A#m Fm A#m
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.
[Verse]
A#m C#
I told my mama, "Gotta make things right,
G# A#m
Going huntin' down in Leroux swamp tonight.
C#
The stories that the old men told to me,
G# A#m
You gotta stick it with a stick from a sweet gum tree."
A#m C#
A# whippoorwill cried and I prayed to God,
G# A#m
Then I headed for the swamp in a cold gray fog.
A#m 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
A#m F# C#
Half alligator and the other half man.
Fm F#
Son don't go when you hear the call:
A#m Fm A#m
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.
[Verse]
A#m C#
A# chillin' fear inside of me
G# A#m
As I whittled off a stick from a sweet gum tree.
A#m C#
Spanish moss hanging all around,
G# A#m
Stoppin' to listen at every sound.
Fm A#m
I stumbled and fell tangled up in vines,
C# A#m
Fear and panic shootin' through my mind.
Fm A#m F#
Tried to rise and then I heard him scream:
C# Fm A#m
The Parlangua standin' over me.
[Instrumental]
A#m A#m A#m G# A#m
A#m A#m A#m G# A#m
[Verse]
A#m C#
Down on the bayous of Lousiana,
G# A#m F#
Where the swamp moss grows on the back of your hand.
A#m C#
My mama lives alone in a one-room shack-
G# Fm A#m
Her boy went huntin' but he never came back
[Chorus]
C# G#
The Parlangua's the swamp boogie man
A#m F# C#
Half alligator and the other half man.
Fm F#
Son don't go when you hear the call:
A#m Fm A#m
Of the swamp water booger, the Parlangua.