Swamp Witch Chords by Jim Stafford
Tempo:
81.625 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
F
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
Blackwater [C] haddy live back in the [G] swamp where strange [D] green reptiles crawl.
Snakes hang [C] thick from the cypress trees [Bm] like sausage [D] on a smokehouse wall.
Where the swamp is alive with a thousand eyes and [G] all of [F] them watching you.
[D] Stay off the track of Haddy Shack [G] in the back of [D] the Black Bayou.
Way up the road [C] from Haddy [G] Shack lies a sleepy [D] little Okeechobee town.
Talk of [C] swamp witch Haddy [G] lock you in [D] when the sun go down.
Rumors of what she done, [G] rumors of what she do.
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Kept folks off the [C] track of Haddy [G] Shack in the [D] back of the Black Bayou.
[Dm] [C] [G] [D]
One day brought the [C] rain, the rain [G] stayed on and the swamp [D] water overflowed.
Skeeters and the fever [C] grabbed the town [G] like a fist, Doc [D] Jackson was the first to go.
Some said the plague was brought by Haddy, there [G] was talk of a hangin' too.
[D] But the talk got shackled [C] by the howls and the cackles [G] from the [D] bowels of the Black Bayou.
[C] [G] [D]
Early one morn' [C] between dark and dawn [G] when shadows [D] fill the sky.
There came an unseen [C] caller on a [G] town [D] where hope run dry.
In the square there was found a big black round [G] vat full of burglar and brew.
[D] Whispering sounds [C] as the folks [G] gathered round [F] it came [D] from the Black Bayou.
Ain't much pride when you're trapped [G] inside a slowly [D] sinking ship.
Scooped up the liquid [C] deep and [G] green and [D] the whole town took a sip.
Fever went away and the very next [G] day the skies again were blue.
[D] Let's thank old [C] Haddy for saving our [G] town, we'll [F] fetch it from the [D] Black Bayou.
Party at the end of the town's [G] best man headed [D] for Haddy's shack.
Said swamp witch magic [G] was useful and good [D] and they're gonna bring Haddy back.
Never found Haddy and they never found [G] the shack and they never made a trip back in.
[D] As a parchment [C] note they found tacked to a [G] stump said [Bm] don't come looking [Gm] again.
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[N]
Blackwater [C] haddy live back in the [G] swamp where strange [D] green reptiles crawl.
Snakes hang [C] thick from the cypress trees [Bm] like sausage [D] on a smokehouse wall.
Where the swamp is alive with a thousand eyes and [G] all of [F] them watching you.
[D] Stay off the track of Haddy Shack [G] in the back of [D] the Black Bayou.
Way up the road [C] from Haddy [G] Shack lies a sleepy [D] little Okeechobee town.
Talk of [C] swamp witch Haddy [G] lock you in [D] when the sun go down.
Rumors of what she done, [G] rumors of what she do.
[D]
Kept folks off the [C] track of Haddy [G] Shack in the [D] back of the Black Bayou.
[Dm] [C] [G] [D]
One day brought the [C] rain, the rain [G] stayed on and the swamp [D] water overflowed.
Skeeters and the fever [C] grabbed the town [G] like a fist, Doc [D] Jackson was the first to go.
Some said the plague was brought by Haddy, there [G] was talk of a hangin' too.
[D] But the talk got shackled [C] by the howls and the cackles [G] from the [D] bowels of the Black Bayou.
[C] [G] [D]
Early one morn' [C] between dark and dawn [G] when shadows [D] fill the sky.
There came an unseen [C] caller on a [G] town [D] where hope run dry.
In the square there was found a big black round [G] vat full of burglar and brew.
[D] Whispering sounds [C] as the folks [G] gathered round [F] it came [D] from the Black Bayou.
Ain't much pride when you're trapped [G] inside a slowly [D] sinking ship.
Scooped up the liquid [C] deep and [G] green and [D] the whole town took a sip.
Fever went away and the very next [G] day the skies again were blue.
[D] Let's thank old [C] Haddy for saving our [G] town, we'll [F] fetch it from the [D] Black Bayou.
Party at the end of the town's [G] best man headed [D] for Haddy's shack.
Said swamp witch magic [G] was useful and good [D] and they're gonna bring Haddy back.
Never found Haddy and they never found [G] the shack and they never made a trip back in.
[D] As a parchment [C] note they found tacked to a [G] stump said [Bm] don't come looking [Gm] again.
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Key:
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Blackwater [C] haddy live back in the [G] swamp where strange [D] green reptiles crawl.
Snakes hang [C] thick from the cypress trees [Bm] like sausage [D] on a smokehouse wall.
Where the swamp is alive with a thousand eyes and [G] all of [F] them watching you.
[D] Stay off the track of Haddy Shack [G] in the back of [D] the Black Bayou. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Way up the road [C] from Haddy [G] Shack lies a sleepy [D] little Okeechobee town.
Talk of [C] swamp witch Haddy [G] lock you in [D] when the sun go down.
_ Rumors of what she done, [G] rumors of what she do.
_ _ [D]
Kept folks off the [C] track of Haddy [G] Shack in the [D] back of the Black Bayou.
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
One day brought the [C] rain, the rain [G] stayed on and the swamp [D] water overflowed.
Skeeters and the fever [C] grabbed the town [G] like a fist, Doc [D] Jackson was the first to go.
Some said the plague was brought by Haddy, there [G] was talk of a hangin' too. _
_ [D] But the talk got shackled [C] by the howls and the cackles [G] from the [D] bowels of the Black Bayou.
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_ Early one morn' [C] between dark and dawn [G] when shadows [D] fill the sky.
There came an unseen [C] caller on a [G] town [D] where hope run dry.
In the square there was found a big black round [G] vat full of burglar and brew.
_ _ [D] Whispering sounds [C] as the folks [G] gathered round [F] it came [D] from the Black Bayou. _ _ _ _
Ain't much pride when you're trapped [G] inside a slowly [D] sinking ship.
Scooped up the liquid [C] deep and [G] green and [D] the whole town took a sip.
Fever went away and the very next [G] day the skies again were blue. _
_ [D] Let's thank old [C] Haddy for saving our [G] town, we'll [F] fetch it from the [D] Black Bayou. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Party at the end of the town's [G] best man headed [D] for Haddy's shack.
Said swamp witch magic [G] was useful and good [D] and they're gonna bring Haddy back.
Never found Haddy and they never found [G] the shack and they never made a trip back in.
_ [D] As a parchment [C] note they found tacked to a [G] stump said [Bm] don't come looking [Gm] again.
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Blackwater [C] haddy live back in the [G] swamp where strange [D] green reptiles crawl.
Snakes hang [C] thick from the cypress trees [Bm] like sausage [D] on a smokehouse wall.
Where the swamp is alive with a thousand eyes and [G] all of [F] them watching you.
[D] Stay off the track of Haddy Shack [G] in the back of [D] the Black Bayou. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Way up the road [C] from Haddy [G] Shack lies a sleepy [D] little Okeechobee town.
Talk of [C] swamp witch Haddy [G] lock you in [D] when the sun go down.
_ Rumors of what she done, [G] rumors of what she do.
_ _ [D]
Kept folks off the [C] track of Haddy [G] Shack in the [D] back of the Black Bayou.
_ [Dm] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
One day brought the [C] rain, the rain [G] stayed on and the swamp [D] water overflowed.
Skeeters and the fever [C] grabbed the town [G] like a fist, Doc [D] Jackson was the first to go.
Some said the plague was brought by Haddy, there [G] was talk of a hangin' too. _
_ [D] But the talk got shackled [C] by the howls and the cackles [G] from the [D] bowels of the Black Bayou.
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_ Early one morn' [C] between dark and dawn [G] when shadows [D] fill the sky.
There came an unseen [C] caller on a [G] town [D] where hope run dry.
In the square there was found a big black round [G] vat full of burglar and brew.
_ _ [D] Whispering sounds [C] as the folks [G] gathered round [F] it came [D] from the Black Bayou. _ _ _ _
Ain't much pride when you're trapped [G] inside a slowly [D] sinking ship.
Scooped up the liquid [C] deep and [G] green and [D] the whole town took a sip.
Fever went away and the very next [G] day the skies again were blue. _
_ [D] Let's thank old [C] Haddy for saving our [G] town, we'll [F] fetch it from the [D] Black Bayou. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Party at the end of the town's [G] best man headed [D] for Haddy's shack.
Said swamp witch magic [G] was useful and good [D] and they're gonna bring Haddy back.
Never found Haddy and they never found [G] the shack and they never made a trip back in.
_ [D] As a parchment [C] note they found tacked to a [G] stump said [Bm] don't come looking [Gm] again.
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