Ray Stevens<\/p>\n
[Intro]\r\nF<\/span> C<\/span> F<\/span> C<\/span>\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\nC<\/span> A7<\/span>\r\nWell when I was kid I'd take a trip\r\n D<\/span>\r\nEvery summer\r\n \r\nDown to Mississippi\r\n F<\/span> G<\/span> C<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nTo visit my granny in her ante bellum world\r\n C<\/span> A<\/span>\r\nI'd run barefooted all day long\r\n D<\/span>\r\nClimbing trees free as a song\r\n F<\/span> G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nOne day I happened catch myself a squirrel\r\n F<\/span>\r\nI stuffed him down in an old shoebox\r\nC<\/span>\r\nPunched a couple holes in the top\r\n\r\n D<\/span> G<\/span> Gm<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nand when Sunday came I snuck him into church\r\n \r\n C<\/span> A7<\/span>\r\nI was sittin way back in the very last pew\r\nD<\/span>\r\nShowin him to my good buddy Hugh\r\n F<\/span>\r\nWhen that squirrel got loose\r\n G<\/span> C<\/span>\r\nAnd went totally berserk!\r\n \r\nAm<\/span>\r\nWell what happened next is hard to tell\r\n \r\nSome thought it was Heaven others thought it was Hell\r\n \r\nBut the fact that something was among us\r\n \r\nWas plain to see\r\n \r\nAm\r\nAs the choir sang \"I Surrender All\"\r\n \r\nThe squirrel ran up Harv Newlan's coveralls\r\n D7\r\nHarv leaped to his feet and said\r\n G\r\n\"Somethin's got a hold on me! YEOW!\"\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n C\r\nThe day the squirrel went berserk\r\n D7\r\nIn the First Self-Righteous Church\r\n F G C G\r\nIn that sleepy little town of Pascagoula\r\n C\r\nIt was a fight for survival\r\n D\r\nThat broke out in revival\r\n F G C\r\nThey were jumpin pews and shouting Hallelujah!\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n C A\r\nWell, Harv hit the aisles dancin' and screamin'\r\n D\r\nSome thought he had religion\r\n F\r\nOthers thought he had a demon\r\n G C G\r\nAnd Harv thought he had a weed eater loose in his Fruit-Of-The-Looms\r\n C A\r\nHe fell to his knees to plead and beg\r\n D\r\nAnd the squirrel ran out of his britches leg\r\n F G C\r\nUnobserved, to the other side of the room\r\n \r\nF\r\nAll the way down to the amen pew\r\n C\r\nWhere sat Sister Bertha better-than-you\r\n D D7 G\r\nWho'd been watchin' all the commotion with sadistic glee\r\nC A\r\nshould've seen that look in her eyes\r\n D\r\nWhen that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her thighs\r\n F G C\r\nShe jumped to her feet and said \"Lord have mercy on me\"\r\n Am\r\nAs the squirrel made laps inside her dress\r\n \r\nShe began to cry and then to confess to sins that would make a sailor blush with shame\r\n \r\nShe told of gossip and church dissension but the thing that got the most attention\r\n D\r\nWas when she talked about her love life\r\n G\r\nAnd then she started naming names!\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n C\r\nThe day the squirrel went berserk\r\n D\r\nIn the First Self-Righteous Church\r\n F G C G\r\nIn that sleepy little town of Pascagoula\r\n C\r\nIt was a fight for survival\r\n D\r\nThat broke out in revival\r\n F G C\r\nThey were jumpin pews and shouting Hallelujah!\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n A D\r\nWell seven deacons and then the pastor got saved\r\n \r\nAnd 25,000 dollars got raised\r\nF G C G\r\nAnd 50 volunteered for missions in the Congo on the spot\r\n C\r\nAnd even without an invitation\r\nA D\r\nThere were at least 500 rededications\r\n F G C\r\nAnd we all got re-baptized whether we needed it or not\r\n \r\n F\r\nNow you've heard the Bible stories I guess\r\n C\r\nOf how He parted the waters for Moses to pass\r\n D7 G\r\nAll the miracles God has brought to this ol' world\r\n C A7\r\nBut the one I'll remember to my dyin day\r\n D7 D\r\nIs how he put that church back on the narrow way\r\n F G C\r\nWith a half-crazed Mississippi squirrel\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n C\r\nThe day the squirrel went berserk\r\n D7\r\nIn the First Self-Righteous Church\r\n F G C G\r\nIn that sleepy little town of Pascagoula\r\n C\r\nIt was a fight for survival\r\n D7\r\nThat broke out in revival\r\n F G C\r\nThey were jumpin pews and shouting Hallelujah! (2x)\r\nX<\/div><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ray Stevens [Intro] F C F C [Verse 1] C A7 Well when I was kid I’d take a trip D Every summer Down to Mississippi F G C G To visit my granny in her ante bellum world C A I’d run barefooted all day long D Climbing trees …