D C Well if you ever go back into wooley swamp F D Well ya better not go at night D C Theres things out there in the middle of them woods F D That'll make a strong man die from fright D C Things that crawl, things that fly and F D Things that creep around on the ground D C F D And they say that the ghost of Lucius Clay gets up and he walks around D C But I couldnt believe it G D I just had to find out for myself D C And I couldnt concieve it G D Cus I never would've listened to nobody else D C And I couldnt believe it G D I just had to find out for myself C G D And theres some things in this world you just cant explain D The old man lived in the Wooley Swamp way back in Booger Woods. C He never did do a lot of harm in the world, but he never did do no good. D 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. D He'd stuff it alldown in mason jars and he'd bury it all around. C And on certain nights if the moon was right 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 Clay was a greedy oldman and that's all that there was to it. D C But I couldnt believe it G D I just had to find out for myself D C And I couldnt concieve it G D Cus I never would've listened to nobody else D C And I couldnt believe it G D I just had to find out for myself C G D And theres some things in this world you just cant explain D Cable boys was white trash, they lived over on Carver's Creek. C They were mean as a snake and sneaky as a cat and belligerent when they'd speak. D One night the oldest brother said, "Y'all meet me at the Wooley Swamp later. C We'll take old Lucius's money and we'll feed him to the alligators." D They found the old man out in the back with a shovel in his hand, C Thirteen rusty mason jars was just dug up out of the sand. D And they all went crazy and they beat the old man,and the picked him up off of the ground. C Threw him in the swamp and stood there and laughed as the black water sucked im down. D Then they turned around and went back to the shack and picked up the money and an. C They hadn't gone nowhere when they realized they were running in quicksand. D And they struggled and they screamed but they couldn't get away and just efore they went under, C They could hear that old man laughing in a voice as loud as thunder. D And that's been fifty years ago and you can 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 summer nights, if the moon is right down by the that dark footpath, C You can hear three young men screaming, you can hear one old man laugh. D C Well if you ever go back into wooley swamp F D Well ya better not go at night D C Theres things out there in the middle of them woods F D That'll make a strong man die from fright D C Things that crawl, things that fly and F D Things that creep around on the ground D C F D And they say that the ghost of Lucius Clay gets up and he walks around D C But I couldnt believe it G D I just had to find out for myself D C And I couldnt concieve it G D Cus I never would've listened to nobody else D C And I couldnt believe it G D I just had to find out for myself C G D And theres some things in this world you just cant explain C G D And theres some things in this world you just cant explain
