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