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[D]Well, if you ever go back 
into [C]Wooley Swamp,
Well, you [G]better not go 
at night.[C][D]
[D]There's things out there 
in the [C]middle of them woods
That make a [G]strong man die from fright.[C]
[D]Things that crawl 
and [C]things that fly
And [G]things that 
creep around on the ground.[C][D]
[D]And they say the ghost of [C]Lucius Clay 
gets [G]up and he walks around.

[D]But I couldn't believe it.[C]
I just had to [G]find out for my[D]self.
[D]And I couldn't conceive it[C]
'Cause I never would have 
[G]listened to nobody [D]else.
[D]And I couldn't believe it.[C]
I just had to [G]find out for [D]myself
[D]There's some things in this [C]world you just
can't [G]explain.

[Dm]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

[Dm]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.

[Dm]He'd stuff it all down 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.

[Dm]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 old man, 
and that's all that there was to it.

[D]But I couldn't believe it.[C]
I just had to [G]find out for my[D]self.
[D]And I couldn't conceive it[C]
'Cause I never would have 
[G]listened to nobody [D]else.
[D]And I couldn't believe it.[C]
I just had to [G]find out for [D]myself
[D]There's some things in this [C]world you just
can't [G]explain.

[Dm]The Caleb 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.

[Dm]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."

[Dm]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.

[Dm]And they all went crazy 
and they beat the old man, 
and they picked him up off of the ground.
[C]Threw him in the swamp and stood there and laughed 
as the black water sucked him down.

[Dm]Then they turned around, 
and went back to the shack, 
and picked up the money and ran.
[C]They hadn't gone nowhere when they realized 
they were running in quicksand.

[Dm]And they struggled and they screamed 
but they couldn't get away 
and just before they went under.
[C]They could hear that old man laughing 
in a voice as loud as thunder.

[Dm]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.

[Dm]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]Well, if you ever go back 
into [C]Wooley Swamp,
Well, you [G]better not go at night.[C][D]
[D]There's things out there 
in the [C]middle of them woods
That make a [G]strong man die from fright.[C]
[D]Things that crawl and [C]things that fly
And [G]things that creep around 
on the ground.[C][D]
[D]And they say the ghost of [C]Lucius Clay 
gets [G]up and he walks around.

[D]But I couldn't believe it.[C]
I just had to [G]find out for my[D]self.
[D]And I couldn't conceive it[C]
'Cause I never would have 
[G]listened to nobody [D]else.
[D]And I couldn't believe it.[C]
I just had to [G]find out for [D]myself
[D]There's some things 
in this [C]world you just
can't [G]explain.