Alligator Allegory chords by The USA Is A Monster

SimplifiedC# · C · G · Em · Bb …

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C#
C
G
Em
Bb
F
A
E
G#
Ab
Db
F#
B
D#
G#m
Gb
Eb
Abm
F#m
C#dim
C#m
D#m

Verse 1
C# 
C 
G 
Memories of random events fill
C 
Em 
my day's walks
Bb 
F 
A 
E 
G# 
Insignificant moments taken to heart
C# 
G# 
C 
Mental concrete mistakes
G 
taken for granted
C 
Em 
Routines begin again
Bb 
F 
Swallowed smoke and drywall dust
A 
E 
Ab 
Db 
Ab 
Fa cial creases, expression weathered
Db 
F# 
Al  ligator allegory, oh lord,
B 
my shoulder bears shit
D# 
G#m 
Over and over, something's sorely missing,
E 
F# 
but it hardly goes in
C# 
But supposing he already knows
F# 
B 
what's happening and coming
D# 
G#m 
Hardly a whisper in my ear,
E 
F# 
C# 
B 
but tea by candlelight.
F 
C 
G 
Sitting in a tree,
C 
Em 
Bb 
F 
high overlooking these trees' hills.
A 
E 
Ab 
Db 
Ab 
Words don't really describe that mo  tion,
C 
G 
so heavy in these woods.
C 
G 
False superlatives brought
Bb 
F 
it with me as well
A 
E 
Ab 
Db 
Ab 
Death always on  my  mind
Db 
Gb 
Alligator allegory, oh lord
B 
My shoulder bears a  tint
Eb 
Over and  over,
Abm 
something sorely missing
E 
Gb 
Ain't hardly cousin
Db 
But supposing he already knows
Gb 
B 
what's happening and coming
Eb 
G#m 
Hardly a whisper in my ear,
E 
F# 
but tea by candlelight
F#m 
You ain't real, busted wing,
Em 
full moon, vibrator, dickhead
There is why they call her dog's dog
F#m 
A 
C#dim 
And when  the story ends,
F#m 
A 
C#dim 
I     pick up my gui      tar
Em 
Swollen with contempt, alone,
F#m 
C#dim 
Em 
E 
C#m 
C#dim 
quietly feeling
Bb 
C# 
F# 
Hide my soul and   cry
F#m 
Strumming  six strings, gentle power struggle,
Em 
no, don't take it for outer space, squint
F#m 
A 
C#dim 
in her atom, let your voice, voice slow,
F#m 
A 
C#dim 
Em 
just keep your hands  mov      ing, abstain from making
For once forget daytime bliss
F#m 
C#dim 
C#m 
Em 
C#dim 
G 
Hide
Em 
C# 
F# 
my soul and   cry
F#m 
Take  that hard hat off
Suction, crimp
Em 
Burned but naked, get your toe,
work on your soul bends
F#m 
A 
Em 
C#dim 
Scrape and scrub, and polish deep enough,
F#m 
A 
C#dim 
shift perspective onto the next
Em 
G 
Em 
And all sides point ahead,
F#m 
C#dim 
Em 
E 
A 
C#dim 
D# 
B 
into my memory
C# 
F# 
B 
G#m 
B 
G# 
B 
Hide my soul and cry
C# 
B 
G#m 
B 
G# 
F# 
Bb 
Waiting on my true life's call
G# 
F# 
B 
Bb 
Em 
B 
C 
Em 
B 
A 
B 
D#m 
B 
E 
A 
You get the
G 
D# 
C 
Ignorant, as quick as you can
Yes, ma 'am
E 
A 
G 
Playing on people's emotions
Eb 
C 
E 
Say that please come back quick
A 
G 
Sam, ain't shit, boy
D# 
C 
Oh wow, people think you're crazy
E 
A 
G 
Walking in gibberish like this
Eb 
C 
Acting glad, acting sad
E 
A 
G 
Passing awful shit as truth
D# 
C 
No wonder where you are tonight
E 
A 
G 
D# 
Oh, my darlin', come fly,
C 
G# 
E 
like my eyes, like my eyes.