Alligator chords by Grateful Dead

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

C   Dm   F   C  C7

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

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

E   D  Em  E