Crocodile Shoes chords by Jimmy Nail

By Tony McAnaney and Jimmy Nail 1994

Intro:
Am7 Fadd9 G Am7 Fadd9 C

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

Chorus:
C     Am        C
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes,
C     Am        Em    F G Am
crocodile shoes, crocodile shoe....s.

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

Chorus:
C          Am        C
With your crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes,
C     Am        Em   F G
crocodile shoes, crocodile shoe....s.

Am C Am Em F G C


Verse 3:
C      G        C
I've lost so much in a short time,
C      G          C
don't see my kids, how I miss my wife.
C     Am     Em     F
I let the world slip through my hands
F      C       G       C
and now I'm talking to the only friends I have.

Chorus:
C     Am        C
Crocodile shoes, crocodile shoes,
C     Am        Em    F G Am
crocodile shoes, crocodile shoe....s.

Am       C   Am G F
They're crying, too,
F    G    Am  C
They're crying, too,
C     Am
crocodile shoes.
G   Am  C
They're crying, too,
G   Am  C
they're crying, too ....