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