{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2816768,"song":"Crocodile Tears","artist":"Richard Thompson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11639876-crocodile-tears-chords-by-richard-thompson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2816768?type=chord","rating":0.13704,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI saw you last night with that fella[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nthe up-to-date version of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe was smug as a lottery winner[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou were warm as a reptile can be[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhat a change from the last time I saw you[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWith those tears running down if you please[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom sad to happy so quickly[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat's one hundred and eighty degrees[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut crocodiles do it much better[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthey're much more humane and forgiving[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTheir victims are dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E/G#[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nin a minute it's said[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile yours have to carry on living[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd those crocodile tears you've been shedding[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSome day they might come back to haunt you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOh, I bet you one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E/G#[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou'll be sobbing away[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'cause you have to[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand not 'cause you want to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]E/G#[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the night that you said it was over[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI got a history lesson for free[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI thought it was you did the lying and cheating[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt turns out it must have been me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the tears started flowing that clinched it[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI knew you'd be running away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nto the arms of your new love -[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\npoor devil, he gets  you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nfor twenty four hours a day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut crocodiles do it much better[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthey're much more humane and forgiving[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTheir victims are dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E/G#[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nin a minute it's said[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile yours have to carry on living[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd those crocodile tears you've been shedding[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSome day they might come back to haunt you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOh, I bet you one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E/G#[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou'll be sobbing away[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'cause you have to[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand not 'cause you want to[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]E/G#[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell I hope he lives up to your standards[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nStandards I could never keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was always to quick on the trigger, you said[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nnot to mention to dumb and to cheap[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I see all your petty revenges[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nThe drama goes on, does it ever[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut that picture of us, in the nude, on the bus[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo put it on Facebook was clever[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut crocodiles do it much better[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nthey're much more humane and forgiving[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTheir victims are dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E/G#[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nin a minute it's said[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]B[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile yours have to carry on living[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd those crocodile tears you've been shedding[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSome day they might come back to haunt you[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOh, I bet you one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E/G#[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou'll be sobbing away[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'cause you have to[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand not 'cause you want to[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOh, I bet you one day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E/G#[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou'll be sobbing away[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n'cause you have to[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand not 'cause you want to[/tab]\r\n\r\n-----\r\n\r\nFinal four lines from an older version (as seen on several YouTube videos):\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut watching you acting the victim[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nIs like watching the news on tv[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou can't stand to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nall the blood and the gore[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nyet you can't take your eyes off the screen[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE   F#m   E/G#    A  E B E\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE  F#m  E/G#   A  E B E\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-----\n\nFinal four lines from an older version (as seen on several YouTube videos):","chords":["E","A","C#m","B","F#m","E/G#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}