Crocodile Shoes chords by Jimmy Nail

Chords with lyrics

By Tony McAnaney and Jimmy Nail 1994

Intro:
Am7Am7 Fadd9Fadd9 G+G Am7Am7 Fadd9Fadd9 C majorC

Verse 1:
C majorC   FF    C majorC        FF
Wine, beer and spirits all the time,
FF       C majorC        G+G      C majorC
though I have you, still she's always on my mind.
C majorC       G+G        C majorC
The rain falls down I'm soaking through
C majorC   G+G              C majorC
I'm an old man inside a young man's suit.
C majorC      A minorAm        FF
My crocodile shoes are crying, too,
FF    C majorC       G+G        C majorC
for they know how much love I have for you.

Chorus:
C majorC     A minorAm        C majorC
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes,
C majorC     A minorAm        E minorEm    FF G+G A minorAm
crocodile shoes, crocodile shoe....s.

Verse 2:
C majorC   FF    C majorC        FF
Wine, beer and spirits take me down,
FF       C majorC              G+G
the lights are low and there's no one else around.
C majorC                      FF                                FF
The waitress sure looks pretty and that's a bad sign,
FF     C majorC         G+G      C majorC
I smile at her, still you're always on my mind.

Chorus:
C majorC          A minorAm        C majorC
With your crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes,
C majorC     A minorAm        E minorEm   FF G+G
crocodile shoes, crocodile shoe....s.

A minorAm C majorC A minorAm E minorEm FF G+G C majorC


Verse 3:
C majorC      G+G        C majorC
I've lost so much in a short time,
C majorC      G+G          C majorC
don't see my kids, how I miss my wife.
C majorC     A minorAm     E minorEm     FF
I let the world slip through my hands
FF      C majorC       G+G       C majorC
and now I'm talking to the only friends I have.

Chorus:
C majorC     A minorAm        C majorC
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes,
C majorC     A minorAm        E minorEm    FF G+G A minorAm
crocodile shoes, crocodile shoe....s.

A minorAm       C majorC   A minorAm G+G FF
They're crying, too,
FF    G+G    A minorAm  C majorC
They're crying, too,
C majorC     A minorAm
crocodile shoes.
G+G   A minorAm  C majorC
They're crying, too,
G+G   A minorAm  C majorC
they're crying, too ....