Alligator Blood Ukulele chords by Nicole Dollanganger

Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)

Verse 1:
Bb
Drinking a cup of alligator blood
F
Tastes like the heads and feet we'd see
  Bb
For sale at the local pawn
   F
We'd make necklaces out of
  Bb
I'd wear them 'round my neck
                  F
I'm a sucker for the love of the flesh

All things rancid and delicate
    Bb
But the smell in the summer heat
 F        Bb
It still gets to me


Chorus:
G        A
Knee-deep in the poacher's dream
  Dm           F
He dragged that thing out back and he
    G           A
Hung it upside down, slit its belly open
  F
And let it bleed out
    G        A
And he held my head and made me watch
  Dm        F           Bb
He filled my mouth up with its blood and said
 Bb   F  C       Bb F
"Grow up weak or grow up tough"


Verse 2:
Bb
Playing in the swamp of alligator blood
F
Behind our house in the marshy lawn
   Bb
He'd always hold my head
     F       Bb
Under the water a little too long
 Bb
'Cause he wanted me to be all guts, no glory
F
"All survivor, no guilt," he said
Bb
But he calls me his crocodile tears
F             Bb
While I'm chained up to the bed


Chorus:
G        A
Knee-deep in the poacher's dream
 Dm            F
He dragged that thing out back and he
    G           A
Hung it upside down, slit its belly open
  F
And let it bleed out
   G         A
And he held my head and made me watch
  Dm        F
He filled my mouth up with its blood and said
Bb    F   C      Bb
"Grow up weak or grow up tough"


Outro:
Dm     F
When I was done
    G       Bb
Wiped my mouth on his sleeve
  G           A       Bb     F
I fucked the soul of the south but it crucified me