The Speakeasies' Swing Band!

Black Swamp Village

The Speakeasies' Swing Band!


Tom: Cm

Cm: X35543
G7: 353433
Ab: 466544


[Instrumental Intro]
| Cm Cm Cm G7 |  10x


[Verse 1]
  Cm                G7    Cm
I went to the black swamp village
G7    Cm          G7 Cm
Where strange people live
G7 Cm           G7    Cm
I saw a scrawny drunk old man
G7  Ab         G7      Cm
Who gave me a flask to drink


[Verse 2]
G7 Cm           G7    Cm
He started speakin' unusual
G7 Cm             G7  Cm
He sounded kinda 'of' scared
G7        Cm        G7 Cm
He said: "listen to me carefully 'cause
     G7       Cm          G7    Cm
I'll tell you something I never tell


[Interlude]
| Cm Cm Cm G7 |  4x


[Verse 3]
  Cm          G7  Cm
I went to the cemetery
G7    Cm      G7   Cm
Where lies my dead wife
G7     Cm                 G7   Cm
And believe me the graves were opened
G7  Cm            G7   Cm
And skulls and bo-ones raised


[Chorus]
G7          F   C   F   C
They said a-hey ho (HEY HO)
C           F       C   F       C
They said a-hey hey ho (HEY HEY HO)
C           F
They said a-hey hey hey hey
G7        C               F
They were raised from the dead
Ab             G7          Cm
Swingin' their bones outta hell...


[Interlude]
| N.C. | N.C. |
(silence)

[Chorus]
G7       F   C   F   C
I hear a-hey ho (HEY HO)
         F       C   F       C
I hear a-hey hey ho (HEY HEY HO)
         F
I hear a-hey hey hey
G7        C               F
They were raised from the dead
Ab             G7          Cm
Swingin' their bones outta hell


[Bridge]
  Bb             C
I tried to run I tried to hide
        Bb           C
They're comin' after me
     Cm         F
They grabbed my arms
     Ab         G
They grabbed my feet
       G                       Cm
You're goin' nowhere until you sing


[Chorus]
F   C   F   C
Hey ho (HEY HO)
       F       C   F       C
I said hey hey ho (HEY HEY HO)
       F
I said hey hey hey
       F
Ran as fast as I could
         G7              C
But they wouldn't let me go"

[Solo]


[Bridge]
  Bb              C
I left that old peculiar man
Bb             C
And his crippy yarn
C        F        Ab     G
I walked down the gravel road
      G                                 C
And I heard voices from the misty black swamp


[Chorus]
F   C   F   C
Hey ho (HEY HO)
        F       C   F       C
I heard hey hey ho (HEY HEY HO)
        F
I heard hey hey hey
    F
Whatever I hear
          G7             Cm
I get the hell away from here.