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Alligator

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1/61

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 61Position: 3

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

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                             ALLIGATOR - The Babies
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Tabbed by:
E-mail:
Tuning: EADGBE
Guitars 1&2 Capo 2nd Fret -- all notes relative to capo --
GUITAR 1
Chords:
e|--G3--Cmaj7/G0--------Am0---C/G0----C0--|
B|--3--0--------1---1----1--|
G|--4--0--------2---0----0--|
D|--5--2--------2---2----2--|
A|--5--3--------0---3----3--|
E|--3--3--------3---3-------|
[Verse]
There's no Gjob to pay the Cmaj7/Grent
There's no Glove to make it Cmaj7/Gbetter
There's no Gplans what'chu doin' Cmaj7/Glater?
Take my Ghand, Cmaj7/Galligator
[Bridge]
  AmLife is Gfunny
  AmLife's a Glaugh
  AmLife is Glonely
  AmYeah, it's a Gdrag
[Verse]
And what's your Gname? How you Cmaj7/Gdoin'?
I like your Ghair how do you Cmaj7/Gdo it?
And it's not Gfair that you're Cmaj7/Gtaken
And it's unGfair that you're spoken Cmaj7/Gfor
[Bridge]
  AmLife is Gfunny
  AmLife's a Glaugh
  AmLife is Glonely
  AmYeah, it's a Gdrag
[Verse]
And I don't Gcare, you're not a Cmaj7/Gtraitor
I'll take the Gstairs, not the elevCmaj7/Gator
And one Gday, I'll see you at the Cmaj7/Gtop
(Walking?) Gon a love that never Cmaj7/Gstops
[Refrain]
And I've Gbeen on the Cmaj7/Gway too GlongCmaj7/G  
I've Gbeen on the Cmaj7/Gway too GlongCmaj7/G  
And I've Gbeen on the Cmaj7/Gway too GlongCmaj7/G  
I've Gbeen on the Cmaj7/Gway too GlongCmaj7/G  
[Verse]
  AmLife is Gfunny
  AmLife's a Glaugh
  AmLife is Glonely
  AmIt's a dragG  
AmOh, what a Cmaj7drag
[Solo]
G Cmaj7/G
G Cmaj7/G
G Cmaj7/G
G Cmaj7/G
[Refrain]
And I've Gbeen on the Cmaj7/Gway too GlongCmaj7/G  
I've Gbeen on the Cmaj7/Gway too GlongCmaj7/G  
And I've Gbeen on the Cmaj7/Gway too GlongCmaj7/G  
I've Gbeen on the Cmaj7/Gway too GlongCmaj7/G  
G
GUITAR 2
(solo)
Guitar 1: chords as in verse
e|-7------7-3-5-3-0----3--(3)--5/7-7-7-7--7--7--3h5-5-3-0----3h5p0-3p0-------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------3p0---|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-/12-12-12--12--7--7-3-5-3-0---0-3--3--7-7-----7\-3h5-5-3-0----(0)3h5p0-3p0|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3p0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
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Alligator

by The Babies

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Cmaj7/G

C/G

Cmaj7

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ALLIGATOR - The Babies

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Tabbed by:

E-mail:

Tuning: EADGBE

Guitars 1&2 Capo 2nd Fret -- all notes relative to capo --

GUITAR 1

Chords:

G Cmaj7/G Am C/G C

e|--3--0--------0---0----0--|

B|--3--0--------1---1----1--|

G|--4--0--------2---0----0--|

D|--5--2--------2---2----2--|

A|--5--3--------0---3----3--|

E|--3--3--------3---3-------|

[Verse]

G Cmaj7/G

There's no job to pay the rent

G Cmaj7/G

There's no love to make it better

G Cmaj7/G

There's no plans what'chu doin' later?

G Cmaj7/G

Take my hand, alligator

[Bridge]

Am G

Life is funny

Am G

Life's a laugh

Am G

Life is lonely

Am G

Yeah, it's a drag

[Verse]

G Cmaj7/G

And what's your name? How you doin'?

G Cmaj7/G

I like your hair how do you do it?

G Cmaj7/G

And it's not fair that you're taken

G Cmaj7/G

And it's unfair that you're spoken for

[Bridge]

Am G

Life is funny

Am G

Life's a laugh

Am G

Life is lonely

Am G

Yeah, it's a drag

[Verse]

G Cmaj7/G

And I don't care, you're not a traitor

G Cmaj7/G

I'll take the stairs, not the elevator

G Cmaj7/G

And one day, I'll see you at the top

G Cmaj7/G

(Walking?) on a love that never stops

[Refrain]

G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G

And I've been on the way too long

G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G

I've been on the way too long

G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G

And I've been on the way too long

G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G

I've been on the way too long

[Verse]

Am G

Life is funny

Am G

Life's a laugh

Am G

Life is lonely

Am G

It's a drag

Am Cmaj7

Oh, what a drag

[Solo]

G Cmaj7/G

[Refrain]

G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G

And I've been on the way too long

G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G

I've been on the way too long

G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G

And I've been on the way too long

G Cmaj7/G G Cmaj7/G

I've been on the way too long

GUITAR 2

(solo)

Guitar 1: chords as in verse

e|-7------7-3-5-3-0----3--(3)--5/7-7-7-7--7--7--3h5-5-3-0----3h5p0-3p0-------|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------3p0---|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-/12-12-12--12--7--7-3-5-3-0---0-3--3--7-7-----7\-3h5-5-3-0----(0)3h5p0-3p0|

B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

B|-3p0-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

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