The Legend Of Wooley Swamp Chords by The Charlie Daniels Band

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_ But if you ever go back [C] in the woolly swamp [G] where you better not [C] go at [D] night, there's
things out [C] there in the middle of them [G] woods that make a strong man [C] not cry.
[D] Things that [C] crawl and things that [G] fly, things that creep around on the [D] ground.
And they say the [C] ghost of Lucius [G] Plague gets up and [D] he walks around, but I couldn't believe [C] it.
I just [G] had to [D] find out for myself and I couldn't conceive it.
[C] Cause I [Em] never would have listened to [D] nobody else and I couldn't believe [C] it.
I just [Em] had to [D] find out for [C] myself.
There's certain things [B] in this world you [A] just can't [D] explain. _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ The old man lived in the woolly swamp way back in the middle of the woods.
[C] He never did do a lot of harm in the world.
He never did do no good.
[Dm] People didn't think too much of him.
They all thought he acted funny.
[C] The old man didn't care about people anyway.
All he cared about was his money.
[Dm] He'd stuff it all down in the mason jars and bury it all around.
[C] And on certain nights if the moon was bright he'd dig it up out of the ground.
[D] He'd pour it all out on the floor of his shack and run his fingers through it.
[C] Yeah, Lucius Plague was a greedy old man and that's all that there was to him.
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But I couldn't believe [C] it.
[G] I just had to find [D] out for myself and I couldn't conceive [C] it.
Cause I [G] never would have listened to [D] nobody else and I couldn't believe [C] it.
I just [G] had to find [D] out for myself.
[C] There's certain [A] things in [Bm] this world you just [D] can't explain.
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[Dm] The Jiggle Boys was white trash and lived over on Carver's Creek.
[C] They were mean as a snake and sneaky as a cat and belligerent when they speak.
[Dm] One night the oldest brother said,
Y'all meet me in the woody swamp later [C] and we'll take old Lucius' money and we'll feed it to the alligators.
[Dm] They found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand.
[C] Thirteen rusty mason jars he just dug up out of the sand.
[Dm] And they all went crazy and they beat the old man and they picked him up off the ground.
[C] The three little swamps stood there and laughed as the black water sucked them [Dm] out.
Then they turned around and [D] went back to the shack, picked up the money and ran.
[C] They hadn't gone nowhere but they realized they were running in quicksand.
[D] And they struggled and they [Dm] screamed but they couldn't get away just before they went under.
[C] They could hear that old man laughing in a voice as loud [F] as _ [Dm] 50 years ago.
You can go by there again.
[C] There's a spot in the yard in the back of that shack where the ground is always wet.
[Dm] It's _ _ a dark [C] footpath and every young man's swimming. _ _
_ [D] They ever go back [C] in the woody swamp [G] where you better not go at [D] night.
There's things out [C] there in the middle of the woods [G] that make a strong man die from [C] fright.
[D] Things that [C] crawl and things that [G] fly, things that creep around on the [D] ground.
And they say the [C] growth of a luscious [G] plague gets up and it [D] walks around but I couldn't believe [C] it.
I just [G] had to find [D] out for myself and I couldn't [C] conceive it.
Cause I [G] never would have listened to [D] nobody else and I couldn't believe [C] it.
[G] I just had to find [D] out for myself.
[C] There's some [B] things in this world you just [D] can't explain.
_ _ [C] Some [B] things in this world [G] you just [D] can't explain. _ _ _ _ _ _
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