Bugs chords by Bobbie Gentry

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D
Am
C
Bb
A
Dm
Aaug
G
F
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Verse 1
D 
Am 
 (D major) Got a pollywog in your wa (A minor) ter
D 
Am 
Tad (D major) pole in the moonshine  (A minor) vat
D 
An'  (D major) granddaddy-long-leg climbing
C 
climbing climbing  (C major) on the screen
Bb 
You better watch,  (B flat major) 
A 
D 
you're gonna squash  (A major) him flat  (D major) 
Dm 
Am 
Boll weevils in your cot (D minor) ton  (A minor) 
D 
And dirt-dauber  (D major) busy busy
Am 
building a nest  (A minor) 
D 
The red  (D major) wasp's gonna swoop
C 
Bb 
down  (C major) and get ya child  (B flat major) 
Aaug 
Won't give you a minutes  (Aaug) 
A 
D 
 (A major) rest  (D major) 
G 
(she's talkin  (G major) 'bout)
Bugs! Everywhere you look there's
another kind of bug
D 
Makes you  (D major) want to get a club and
clout'em
G 
Yes everybody's  (G major) talking bout
the worrysome bugs
Bb 
But ain't nobody  (B flat major) doing
A 
D 
 (A major) nothing about  (D major) 'em

Verse 2
D 
Shooing  (D major) the flies away from the table
Am 
D 
Am 
 (A minor) Hiding  (D major) under the quilting bed  (A minor) 
D 
 (D major) The chiggers running wild in
C 
the  (C major) blackberry bush
Bb 
Yellow  (B flat major) jackets swarmin'
A 
D 
 (A major) round your head  (D major) 
They're coming to get your watermelon
Am 
D 
 (A minor) Black ant (D major) s marching in
F 
Am 
a long  (F major) line  (A minor) 
D 
They're  (D major) lurking in the leaves
C 
of the strawberry  (C major) patch
Bb 
And climbing  (B flat major) up  the to
A 
D 
 (A major) mato vine  (D major) 
C 
(she gonna tell you  (C major) about)
G 
 (G major) Bugs!
F 
Bugs! Everywhere you  (F major) look
G 
there's an (G major) other type of bug
D 
But if ya live  (D major) in the delta ya got 'em
G 
Here's a sure  (G major) fire way to
pass the time of day
Bb 
A 
D 
Fold you  (B flat major) up  a news (A major) paper and swat  (D major) 'em