Chords for The Legend Of Wooley Swamp

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[G] [D] But if you ever go back [C] in the woods, [G] walk way up that night, boy, [C] night
[D] There's things out there in [C] the middle of them woods that [G] make a strong man dive [C] and fly
[D] Things that crawl [C] and things that fly, [G] things that creep around [C] on the ground
[D] And they say the ghost [C] of Mrs.
Clay [G] gets up [D] and he walks around, but he couldn't believe [C] it
He [G] said, find [D] out for myself, and he couldn't conceive [C] it
Never [G] would have listened [D] to nobody else, and he couldn't believe [C] it
He [G] said, find [D] out for myself, [C] there's some things in [G] this world you just [D] can't explain
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] An old man lived [D] in the woody swamp way back in Booger Woods
[C] He never did do a lot of harm in the world, he just never did do no good
[Dm] People didn't think too much of him, they all thought [C] he acted funny
Old man didn't care about people anyway, all he cared about was his money
[Am] [Dm] He'd stuff it all down into mason jars and bury it all around
[C] And on certain nights if the moon was right, he'd dig it up out [G] of the ground
[Dm] Then he'd pour it all [D] out on the floor of his shack and he'd run his fingers through it
[C] Yeah, this is Clay, he was a greedy old man, that's all that there was to him
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[Dm] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ [G] But he [D] couldn't believe it, [C] he [G] said, find out [D] for myself, and he couldn't conceive it
[C] _ [G] Never would have listened to [D] nobody else, and he couldn't believe [C] it
He [G] said, [D] find out for myself, [C] there's some things in [G] this world you just [D] can't [E] explain
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_ [Dm] [D] The Eagle Boys was white trash that lived over on Carver's Creek
[G] [C] They were mean as a snake, sneaky as a cat, and belligerent when they'd speak
[Dm] One night the oldest brother said, he'll meet me in the woody swamp [C] later
We'll take old Lucius' money and we'll feed him to the alligators
[Dm] Found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand
_ [C] _ Thirteen rusty mason jars he'd just dug up out of the sand
[Dm] Then they all went crazy, they beat the old man and they picked him up off the ground
[C] They threw him in the swamp and stood there and laughed as the black water sucked him [Dm] down
And he turned around, ripped back to the shack, picked up the money and ran
[C] Hadn't gone nowhere when they realized that they were running in quicksand
[D] And they struggled and they screamed but they couldn't get away
Just before they ran under, [C] they could hear that old man laughing
And a voice as loud as thunder
[D] _ Fifty years ago, you go by there yet?
[C] There's a spot in the yard in the back of that shack where the ground is always wet
[D] And on certain nights, the moon is right down by that dark footpath
[C] You can hear three young men screaming, you can hear one old man laugh
[D] You ever go [C] back in the woody [G] swamp, hey, that night [C] boy, nah
[D] There's things out [C] there in the mealy-league [G] woods that make a strong man [C] die for [D] five
Things that [C] crawl and things that [G] fly, things that keep [C] around on the [D] ground
And you say, well, [C] Gus, old Lucius [G] Clay, he took me [D] once around but I couldn't believe [C] it
[G] You said to find out [D] for myself and I couldn't see it
[C] _ [G] Never would have listened to [D] nobody else and I couldn't believe [C] it
[G] You said to find out [D] for myself
[C] There's some [G] things in this world you just [D] can't explain
_ [C] There's some things [G] in this world you just [D] can't explain
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