Key: E major
Verse 1
D
G
D
A
D
Sleeping in
the swamps last night,
G
D
down in the Everglades.
Bb
D
down in the Everglades.
B
A
D
about to make a race.
Heard them talkin' softly,
G
D
said we're gonna have dark meat
Bb
D
said we're gonna have dark meat
B
A
thought that they was gonna
D
Abdim
G
D
eat.
My flesh commenced to crawling,
G
D
my skin began to weep.
Bb
D
my skin began to weep.
B
A
but the swamp was dark
D
G
Abdim
D
as sea.
Soon the moon was shining
G
D
softly through the old cane branch,
Bb
D
Softened through the old cane frame
The sweat, it was a -poppin'
G
D
and was standin' on my head
B
Bb
D
a black woman's gonna be dead
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