Capo 3 (maybe 4, not sure) 
 
 
   C                       Dm  
the clouds didn't look like cotton 
           G    F         C 
they didn't even look like clouds 
                   Dm 
i was underneath the weather 
      G              F      C 
and my friends looked like a crowd 
    Am              C 
the swimmin hole was full of rum 
 F                C 
i tried to find out why 
    Dm   
all I learned my friend  
               G        F       C 
is you've got to swim before you fly. 


 
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        F   C 
i've got two girls 
       Am             C 
one's in heaven, one's below 
              Dm 
one I love with all my heart  
   G     F      C 
and one I do not know.
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two lonesome dudes on an ugly horse 
passed by not long ago 
they asked me where the action was 
i said I did not know 
and as they disappeared into the brush 
i heard the driver say 
he's a little slow between the ears 
he's always been that way 
 
chorus 
 
jolly Jane just lays around and listens with her mouth. 
she's had about a dozen husbands,  
but the last one just pulled out. 
now who's gonna bring her dinner 
through the weary years ahead? 
all she'll get from me is sympathy, 
got no time to see she's fed. 
 
chorus 
 
cold down on the bayou, 
they say it's in your mind. 
but the moccasins are treadin' ice 
and leavin' strange designs 
cajuns say the last time 
this happened they werent' here 
aw, beaumont's full of penguins 
and I'm a playin' it by ear. 
 
chorus