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