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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
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I figured out the lyrics and chords very quickly on this.  The basics of 
Chords: E-A-B7  
Goin' Edown to the swamp, goin watch me a hound dog catch a coon.
Well I'Am goin down Eto the swamp, goin to watch a hound dog catch a coon.
Ya knB7ow the hAound dog makin music, on a summer night by the light of the 
Emoon.    
Ohhh, fEetch my cane pole mamma, goin catch a bream or maybe two.
Lord, Afetch my canEe pole mamma, goin catch a bream or maybe two.
WhB7en the hoEund dogs start barkin', sound like ol'?? singin' the blues.
chorus:
Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, Swamp music
Swamp, swamp, swamp, swamp music
B7When the Ahound Edog starts singin', I ain't got them big ol' city blues.
solo
Go ahead pretty mamma, just take that city hike.
Said, go'ahead pretty mamma, just take your city hike.
Well, I'd rather live with the hound dogs for the rest of my natural born 
life.
chorus, but add this in the last 2 verses instead:
Well, I'd rather live with the hound dogs, for the rest of my natural born 
life.
Well I want to live with the hound dogs, for the rest of my natural born 
life.
DEO VINDICE			  -- General Robert E. Lee
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Swamp Music

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

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I figured out the lyrics and chords very quickly on this. The basics of

E A B7

Chords: --

Goin' down to the swamp, goin watch me a hound dog catch a coon.

A E

Well I'm goin down to the swamp, goin to watch a hound dog catch a coon.

B7 A

Ya know the hound dog makin music, on a summer night by the light of the

moon.

Ohhh, fetch my cane pole mamma, goin catch a bream or maybe two.

A E

Lord, fetch my cane pole mamma, goin catch a bream or maybe two.

B7 E

When the hound dogs start barkin', sound like ol'?? singin' the blues.

chorus:

Swamp, Swamp, Swamp, Swamp music

Swamp, swamp, swamp, swamp music

B7 A E

When the hound dog starts singin', I ain't got them big ol' city blues.

solo

Go ahead pretty mamma, just take that city hike.

Said, go'ahead pretty mamma, just take your city hike.

Well, I'd rather live with the hound dogs for the rest of my natural born

life.

chorus, but add this in the last 2 verses instead:

Well, I'd rather live with the hound dogs, for the rest of my natural born

life.

Well I want to live with the hound dogs, for the rest of my natural born

life.

DEO VINDICE -- General Robert E. Lee

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About Swamp Music Chords by Lynyrd Skynyrd

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