Me N Opie Down By The Duck Pond - BR5-49 |[Chorus] |[G] Don't tell Andy, don't tell Aunt [C] Bee |[G] They'll come a-lookin' for [D] Opie and [C] me |[G] Tell 'em we're dead or tell 'em we're [C] gone |[G] Me and Opie down [D] by the duck [G] pond Verse 1: [G] Well Goober brought down some homegrown [C] hay It whomped me [G] up the side the head, I never [D] felt that [G] way [G] Aunt Bee said we'd be in [C] dutch If the [G] sheriff ever caught us [D] smokin' that [G] stuff [Chorus] Verse 2: [G] I heard a little holler down in the [C] woods [G] Sounded like someone saying, '[D] Mm mm [G] good!" [G] I moved a little closer, sneaking like a [C] squirrel [G] Otis was slurpin' up his [D] favorite [G] girrrrrl Verse 3: [G] Otis said, "Boys, come sit by the [C] still [G] I'll pour you up a jar of that [D] famous [G] swill [G] If you can't walk, don't worry no [C] way [G] Now LIGHT THAT PIPE and [D] pass it my [G] way" |[Chorus] |[G] Don't tell Andy, don't tell Aunt [C] Bee |[G] They'll come a-lookin' for [D] Opie and [C] me |[G] Tell 'em we're dead or tell 'em we're [C] gone |[G] Me and Opie down [D] by the duck [G] pond Verse 4: [G] I had to dodge a rock that was hittin' the [C] tree [G] Out of the swamp came [D] Ernest [G] T. [G] Gold tooth a-flashing as he hit that [C] pipe [G] Out of the blue came [D] Barney [G] Fife Verse 5: [G] Well Barney come down to nip that [C] still [G] Waving an axe, a [D] lawman's [G] thrill [G] "Opie, don't smoke, you'll turn yourself [C] green [G] Get me up a puff and I'll [D] show you what I [G] mean" [Chorus] Verse 6: [G] We all sat there for most of the [C] night [G] Trying to figure out our [D] left from our [G] right [G] Here comes Andy and ol' Aunt [C] Bee [G] Scoldin' the hell out of [D] Opie and [G] Me |[Chorus] |[G] Don't tell Andy, don't tell Aunt [C] Bee |[G] They'll come a-lookin' for [D] Opie and [C] me |[G] Tell 'em we're dead or tell 'em we're [C] gone |[G] Me and Opie down [D] by the duck [G] pond