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