Topic: Down To The Crawdad Hole
This was my last day of this crazy work schedule I’ve been working so I let the kid in me out and wrote this song I pulled back from my days when I was a boy in the little village of Reems Creek in the back woods of western North Carolina where I sure hope a crawdad or two still lives amongst all the new golf courses that have been popping up there lately. I hope you all like it.
Down To The Crawdad Hole By Jeff Gilpin
August 27th, 2007
Intro
[E7] [E7] [A] [D]
Verse 1
[E7]Summer days when I was just a boy
I [A]knew just where to [D]go
Where the [E7]creek got wide just down the road
That I [A]called the crawdad [D]hole
Verse 2
In [E7]those days I didn’t have a computer,
[A]IPod or cellular [D]phone
I would [E7]leave my house in the morning
And [A]I was sure to [D]roam
Chorus 1
Down to the crawdad [E7]hole
Where the [A]water ran cool and [D]slow
Down to the crawdad [E7]hole
Yeah that’s [A]where I use to [D]go
Was right [A]down[B7] to the crawdad [E7]hole
Verse 3
At [E7]first I didn’t believe it
Or [A]know what it was a[D]bout
[E7]Then I got to see it
And it [A]kind of freaked me [D]out
Verse 4
So I [E7]made up this game
Where I’d [A]catch them just for [D]fun
Then I’d [E7]give them each a name
Back in those [A]days when I was [D]young
Chorus 2
Down at the crawdad [E7]hole
Where the [A]water ran cool and [D]slow
Down at the crawdad [E7]hole
Yeah that’s [A]where I use to [D]go
Was right [A]down[B7] to the crawdad [E7]hole
Bridge
[B7]Simple things for simple times
But [A]lordy it was [E7]fun
[B7]Now a day’s kids [A]barely leave the [E7]house
But[D] just one day
I wish I could take [A]all their toys away
[D]Kick them out of the house
And make them [B7]go...
Ending Chorus
Down to the crawdad [E7]hole
Where the [A]water runs cool and [D]slow
Down to the crawdad [E7]hole
Yeah [A]that’s where they all should [D]go
[A]Turn off their Ti[D]Vo
[A]Take away their remote con[D]trol
They’ll be [A]amazed and surprised when they [B7]go
Right down to the crawdad [A]hole[D] [E7]
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
