Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
A minorAm G+G
There’s an alligator in the house
E7E7 A minorAm
A augmentedA toothy grin appears beneath my chair
A minorAm G+G
A augmentedA scaly tail goes sliding out of sight
E7E7 A minorAm
Now it’s gone - was it ever there?
A minorAm G+G
Something odd has moved into the house
E7E7 A minorAm
Reptilian tracks lead underneath our bed
A minorAm G+G
And all the cats are tasty, fat, and scared
E7E7 A minorAm
Though I doubt we’ve lost any yet
Chorus:
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
So what’s the big deal? Doesn’t everyone
E7E7 A minorAm E MajorE
have an alligator somewhere, somehow?
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
And maybe this one has always been here,
E7E7 A minorAm
but I never noticed it till now.
Verse 2:
A minorAm G+G
There’s an alligator in the house
E7E7 G+G
Just caught her napping in the living room
A minorAm G+G
She was dozing on the velvet couch
E7E7 A minorAm
And the cats were sleeping there too
A minorAm G+G
There’s an alligator in the house
E7E7 A minorAm
No one seems to mind except for me
A minorAm G+G
Well, at least she doesn’t eat the cats
E7E7 A minorAm
I suspect she’d rather eat me
A minorAm G+G
There’s an alligator in the pit
E7E7 A minorAm
she is dancing wildly with the snakes
A minorAm G+G
to win them over to her cause
E7E7 A minorAm
she will do whatever it takes
A minorAm G+G
They think I don’t see their little smiles
E7E7 A minorAm
as they plan a reptilian overthrow
A minorAm G+G
but I hear them talking in my dreams
E7E7 A minorAm
they will not be sad to see me go!
Chorus:
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
So what’s the big deal? Doesn’t everyone
E7E7 A minorAm E MajorE
have an alligator somewhere, somehow?
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
And maybe this one has always been here,
E7E7 A minorAm
but I never noticed it till now.
Solo:
A minorAm G+G E7E7 A minorAm
¡Olé! Aligator... Aligator? ¡Ah!
Verse 3:
A minorAm G+G
I’ve begun to worry ‘bout my toes
E7E7 A minorAm
The alligator seems to think they’re nice
A minorAm G+G
I’ve counted all of them a hundred times
E7E7 A minorAm
But I never got the same answer twice
A minorAm G+G
There’s an alligator in my bed
E7E7 A minorAm
she is not a master of disguise
A minorAm G+G
just a pillow waiting for my head
E7E7 A minorAm
soft and sweet and hungrily she lies
A minorAm G+G
There’s an alligator in the house
E7E7 A minorAm
Today she joined me for a spot of tea
A minorAm G+G
She helped herself to raspberries and cream
E7E7 A minorAm
And she didn’t leave any for me
A minorAm G+G
Well I thought that I had seen it all
E7E7 A minorAm
but this alligator proved me wrong
A minorAm G+G
like a lady as she drank her tea
E7E7 A minorAm
she sang to me this little song:
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
“So what’s the big deal, doesn’t everyone
E7E7 A minorAm E MajorE
have an alligator somewhere somehow?
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
I know that you’d miss me if you found me gone
E7E7 A minorAm
though you never noticed until now!”
Chorus:
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
So what’s the big deal? Doesn’t everyone
E7E7 A minorAm E MajorE
have an alligator somewhere, somehow?
A minorAm G+G FF E MajorE
And maybe this one has always been here,
E7E7 A minorAm
but I never noticed it till now.
Tag:
A minorAm G+G
There's an alligator in my head...