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Miss Squirrel Revival-crd Ray Stevens
[C]Well when I was a kid I'd take a trip
[D]Every summer down to Mississipp'
[F]To visit my granny and her [G]antebellum [C]world
[C]I'd run barefooted all day long
[D]Climbin' trees free as a song
[F]One day I happened to [G]catch myself a [C]squirrel
[F]Well I stuffed him down in an old shoe box
[C]And punched a couple of holes in the top
[D]And when sunday came I snuck him into [G]church
[C]I was sittin' way back in the very last pew
[D]Showin' him to my good buddy hugh
[F]When that squirrel got loose and [G]went totally [C]berserk
[Am]Well what happened next is hard to tell
[Am]Some thought it was Heaven others thought it was Hell
[Am]But the fact that something was among us was plain to
see
[Am]As the choir sang "I surrender all"
[Am]The squirrel ran up Harve Newman's cover-alls
[Am]And Harve leaped to his feet and said
[Am]"Something's got a hold on [G]me" YEOW!!
CHORUS
HOLD C
The day the squirrel went berserk
[D]In the First Self Righteous Church
[F]In that sleepy little [G]town of Pasta[C]goola
(Pastagoola)
[C]It was a fight for survival
[D]That broke out in revival
[F]They were jumpin' pews and [G]shoutin' halle[C]lujah
(halleluja)
[C]Well Harve hit the aisles a-dancin' and screamin'
[D]Some thought he had religion others thought he had a
demon
[F]And Harve thought he had a weed [G]eater loose in his[C]
fruit of the looms
[C]He fell to his knees to plead and beg
[D]And the squirrel ran out of his britches leg
[F]Unobserved to the [G]other side of the [C]room
[F]All the way down to the Amen pew
[C]Where sat Sister Bertha-Better-Than-You
[D]Who'd been watching all the commotion with sadistic[G]
glee
[C]Well you should'a seen the look in her eyes
[D]When that squirrel jumped her garters and crossed her
thighs
[F]She jumped to her feet and said "[G]Lord have mercy on[C]
me"
[Am]As the squirrel made laps inside her dress
[Am]She began to cry and then to confess
[Am]To sins that would make a sailor blush with shame
[Am]She told of gossip and church disention
[Am]But the thing that got the most attention
[Am]Was when she talked about her love life
[Am]And then she started namin' [G]names
[C]Well seven deacons and the pastor got saved
[D]And twenty five thousand dollars got raised
[F]And fifty volunteered for [G]missions in the [C]Congo - on
the spot
[C]And even without an invitation
[D]There were at least five hundred re-dedications
[F] [G] [C]And we all got re-baptised whether we needed it or not
[F]Now you've heard the Bible story I guess
[C]How he parted the waters for Moses to pass
[D]Oh the miracles God has wrought in this old [G]world
[C]But the one I'll remember 'til my dying day
[D]Is how he put that church back on the narrow way
[F]With a half crazed [G]Mississippi [C]squirrel
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