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Rick in Macon   Everglades     in key of G\r\n \r\n \r\n       G<\/span>                      D<\/span>\r\nHe was born and raised around Jacksonville\r\n  C<\/span>                       G<\/span>\r\nA nice young man, not the kind to kill\r\n                          C<\/span>\r\nBut a jealous fight and a flashin' blade\r\nD<\/span>                          G<\/span>\r\nSent him on the run to the Everglades\r\nG<\/span>              F<\/span>               G<\/span>\r\nRunnin' like a dog through the Everglades\r\n \r\n         G<\/span>                      D<\/span>\r\nNow, the posse went in and they came back out\r\n     C<\/span>                        G<\/span>\r\nThey said he'll die and there ain't no doubt\r\n        G<\/span>                     C<\/span>\r\nIt's an eye for an eye so the debt is paid\r\n   D<\/span>                      G<\/span>\r\nHe won't last long in the Everglades\r\n  G<\/span>         F<\/span>           G<\/span>\r\nA man can't live in the Everglades\r\n \r\nChorus:\r\n        C<\/span>                G<\/span>\r\nWhere a man can hide and never be found\r\n    D<\/span>                   G<\/span>\r\nAnd have no fear of the bayin' hounds\r\n       G<\/span>                      C<\/span>\r\nBut he better keep movin' and don't stand still\r\n       D<\/span>                               G<\/span>\r\nIf the skeeters don't get him then the gators will\r\n \r\n         G<\/span>                     D<\/span>\r\nNow, the years went by and his girl was wed\r\n    C<\/span>               G<\/span>\r\nHis family gave him up for dead\r\n    G<\/span>                C<\/span>\r\nBut now and then the natives would say\r\n       D<\/span>                            G<\/span>\r\nThey'd seen him runnin' through the Everglades\r\nG<\/span>              F<\/span>               G<\/span>\r\nRunnin' like a dog through the Everglades\r\n \r\n        G                           D\r\nNow, he never heard the news on the radio\r\n       C                            G\r\nHe was deep in the 'glades so he'll never know\r\n    G                         C\r\nHis runnin' and hidin' didn't make much sense\r\n         D                    G\r\nFor the jury had ruled it was self-defense\r\nG              F               G\r\nRunnin' like a dog through the Everglades\r\n \r\nchorus again\r\n        C                G\r\nWhere a man can hide and never be found\r\n    D                   G\r\nAnd have no fear of the bayin' hounds\r\n       G                      C\r\nBut he better keep movin' and don't stand still\r\n       D                               G\r\nIf the skeeters don't get him then the gators will\r\n \r\nOutro:\r\nG              F               G\r\nRunnin' like a dog through the Everglades\r\nG               F                G\r\nSkippin' like a frog through the slimy bog\r\nG                   F              G\r\nRunnin' through the trees from the Everlys\r\n \r\nGG  CC DDDD   GG  CC DDDD  G\r\n \r\n \r\nI have no idea of what \"everlys\" are.\r\nRick in Macon<\/pre>\n
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