{"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":1893518,"song":"Alligator","artist":"Grateful Dead","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1893518-alligator-chords-by-grateful-dead/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1893518?type=chord","rating":4.84858,"votes":18,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSleepy Alligator in the noon day sun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLyin' by the river just like he usually done.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCall for his whiskey, he can call for his tea,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCall all he want to, but he can't call me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh no! I've been there before,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I ain't gonna come around here no more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Link]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n(Hung up, waitin' for windy day)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n(Hung up, waitin' for windy day)[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCreepy alligator coming all around the bend,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShoutin' about the times when we was mutual friends,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI checked my memory and I checked it quick, yes I will.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI checked it runnin' some old kind of trick.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh no! Well I've been there before,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I ain't gonna come around here any more.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Link]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSailin' down the river in an old canoe,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nA bunch of bugs and an old tennis shoe.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOut of the river all ugly and green,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCame the biggest old alligator that I've ever seen![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTeeth big and pointy and his eyes were buggin' out,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nContracted the union, put the beggars to rout.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nScreamin' and yellin', he was pickin' his chops,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe never runs he just stumbles and hops.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust out of prison on ten dollars bail,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMumblin' bitches and waggin' his tail.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nC           F          Am          C\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Link]\nC      Dm     F     C   C7\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Link]\nA    E\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nE     D    Em   E","chords":["C","F","Am","G","A","Dm","C7","G7","E","D","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}