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