Richard Thompson – Crocodile Tears (Guitar)

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I saw you last night with that fella

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the up-to-date version of me

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He was smug as a lottery winner

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You were warm as a reptile can be

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What a change from the last time I saw you

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With those tears running down if you please

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From sad to happy so quickly

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That's one hundred and eighty degrees

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But crocodiles do it much better

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they're much more humane and forgiving

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Their victims are dead

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in a minute it's said

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While yours have to carry on living

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And those crocodile tears you've been shedding

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Some day they might come back to haunt you

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Oh, I bet you one day

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you'll be sobbing away

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'cause you have to

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and not 'cause you want to

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And the night that you said it was over

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I got a history lesson for free

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I thought it was you did the lying and cheating

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It turns out it must have been me

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When the tears started flowing that clinched it

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I knew you'd be running away

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to the arms of your new love -

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poor devil, he gets  you

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for twenty four hours a day

      A                    E
But crocodiles do it much better

         A                       B
they're much more humane and forgiving

       E           F#m
Their victims are dead

      E/G#        A
in a minute it's said

       E             B        E
While yours have to carry on living

            A                           E
And those crocodile tears you've been shedding

      A                           B
Some day they might come back to haunt you

       E          F#m
Oh, I bet you one day

           E/G#      A
you'll be sobbing away

            E
'cause you have to

     B              E
and not 'cause you want to

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Well I hope he lives up to your standards

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Standards I could never keep

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I was always to quick on the trigger, you said

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not to mention to dumb and to cheap

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And I see all your petty revenges

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The drama goes on, does it ever

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But that picture of us, in the nude, on the bus

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To put it on Facebook was clever

      A                    E
But crocodiles do it much better

         A                       B
they're much more humane and forgiving

       E           F#m
Their victims are dead

      E/G#        A
in a minute it's said

       E             B        E
While yours have to carry on living

           A                           E
And those crocodile tears you've been shedding

      A                           B
Some day they might come back to haunt you

       E           F#m
Oh, I bet you one day

           E/G#      A
you'll be sobbing away

            E
'cause you have to

     B              E
and not 'cause you want to

       E           F#m
Oh, I bet you one day

           E/G#      A
you'll be sobbing away

            E
'cause you have to

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and not 'cause you want to

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But watching you acting the victim

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Is like watching the news on tv

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You can't stand to see

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all the blood and the gore

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yet you can't take your eyes off the screen