Dave Matthews Band – Alligator Pie (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
Am   C    D
(Repeat 4 times)
(The pattern for most of the song is composed of 4 bars of 4/4:)
(|  Am          |  Am    C  D  |  Am          |  C     D     |)
(|  1  2  3  4  |  1  2  3  4  |  1  2  3  4  |  1  2  3  4  |)
[Verse]
Am
Floating in the lower nine

                      C          D
Waiting for a boat to throw me a line

Am
See my Stella smile

C                         D
Sitting on a roof eating alligator pie

Am
First day the water rise

                C      D
Second day the sun is high

Am
Third day Stella cries

        C                     D
Cause night time's dark as a dead man's eyes
[Chorus]
Am          C    D       Am    C            D
Yeah... Oh, Lord... Say yeah, tell me when help is gonna come

Am           C   D        Am                   C                   D
Oh... yeah, yeah...       Yes, Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"
(repeat pattern 2 times) [Verse]
Am
Storm went right on by

                                C    D
Thanked the Lord everybody's alright

Am
Don't mean to throw off a second line

         C                         D
But the devil broke the levee and left us here to die
[Chorus]
Am                C  D
Yeah... oh Lord...

  Am                    C                   D
Yeah... Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Am    C    D     Am    C                   D
                     Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Am    C    D     Am    C                   D
                     Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Am    C    D     Am    C   D
(Much slower, same pattern)

Am                                           C             D
Need a dance hall to get y'all down, need a dance hall to get y'all down

Am                                   C        D
Need a dance hall to get y'all down, oh, oh, oh...

Am    C    D     Am    C    D
Say yeah...
(gradually accelerating) [Bridge]
E                  D
All the things we know and

              F#m
Everything we hope for

                   E
All the things we wanted

                 E
Everything that was sure

                D
Now there is a scar where

                 F#m
The old men used to be

                     E
The corner store and market

                             D
Where Stella used to sing to me

                  E
Grace is all I'm asking

                 D
When will grace return?

                  E
Grace is all I'm asking
[Verse]
Am                                      C      D
Remember how it feels, lazy days in the summertime

Am
Then my Stella smiled

                C                   D
Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Am          C     D     Am                    C                   D
Yeah... Yeah yeah....   Oh... Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Am      C     D         Am                    C                   D
Yeah....                      Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"

Am      C     D         Am                    C                   D
                                           "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"

Am      C     D         Am                           C            D
                                           Tell me, Lord, when help is gonna come

Am      C     D          Am                   C                   D
                                           "Daddy, when you gonna put me in a song?"
(Slower)