Jerry Reed – The Ballad Of Gator Mcklusky (Guitar)

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He was raised in the swamp

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In the back of a slough

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And drinkin' homemade brew

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Now folks here about call him Gator

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And everybody knows him well

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Meanest man ever to hit the swamp

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Folks swear he come straight outta hell

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Well Gator Mcklusky sittin' on a stump

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Hammer pulled back on a twelve gauge pump

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Watchin' that swamp lookin' out for the

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 law

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While he make the best corn liquor you

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 ever saw

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(Rock gut whiskey...)

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While he's makin' that mash he watches and he looks

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Old Gator he knows that swamp like a book

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Somethin' out there movin' Gator

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 whaddaya see

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Ain't nothin' but the snakes and the

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 gators and me

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Everything's okey-dokey in the

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 Okefenokee

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That sheriff ain't snoopin' around

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So cook that moonshine down

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'Til it's good and clear

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Everything's okey-dokey in the

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 Okefenokee

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That sheriff he'd soon mess around with

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Than to get his self long messin'

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 around in here

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One day he was cookin' some mash he was almost done

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When they spotted the law and they had to run

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So he headed for the swamp and they

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 followed him in

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But the law might as well been

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 a-chasin' the wind

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(Look out for that snake, sheriff...)

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Well they chased on back through the muck and the slime

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To the back of that swamp where the sun don't shine

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But the law won't never catch Gator my

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 friend

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'Cause he knows that swamp like the

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 back of his hand

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Watch out boys old smokey's in the

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 Okefenokee

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The sheriff's out there snoopin' around

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So shut that business down

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And let's disappear

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Look out boys old smokey's in the

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 Okefenokee

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But that sheriff he's really gonna

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 catch the devil

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If he keeps on snoopin' around in here

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(Gator's in the swamp, sheriff...)

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(Go get him...)

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(If you can...)

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(Careful, sheriff...)