Grateful Dead – Alligator (Guitar)

C                      F         Am
Sleepy Alligator in the noon day sun,

C                               F       Am
Lyin' by the river just like he usually done.

C                           F             Am
Call for his whiskey, he can call for his tea,

C                           F          Am
Call all he want to, but he can't call me.

G
Oh no! I've been there before,

A
And I ain't gonna come around here no more.

F                     C
(Hung up, waitin' for windy day)

F                     C
(Hung up, waitin' for windy day)

F                       C
Creepy alligator coming all around the bend,

F                                    C
Shoutin' about the times when we was mutual friends,

F                        C
I checked my memory and I checked it quick, yes I will.

F                             C
I checked it runnin' some old kind of trick.

Dm              A
Oh no! Well I've been there before,

G7                           A
And I ain't gonna come around here any more.

A                            E
Sailin' down the river in an old canoe,

A                      E
A bunch of bugs and an old tennis shoe.

A                    E
Out of the river all ugly and green,

A                              E
Came the biggest old alligator that I've ever seen!

A                            E
Teeth big and pointy and his eyes were buggin' out,

A                             E
Contracted the union, put the beggars to rout.

A                             E
Screamin' and yellin', he was pickin' his chops,

A                     E
He never runs he just stumbles and hops.

A                     E
Just out of prison on ten dollars bail,

A                    E
Mumblin' bitches and waggin' his tail.