Alligator Alley chords by Jim Lauderdale
Verse 1
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Car broke down
in Alligator Alley
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Tryin' to run away from Broward County
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Smokin' the sky, there's no returnin'
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Em
30 ,000 acres of Everglade burnin'
Southern Florida dries tender
D
Lightnin' turn the swamp
Em
to cinder
Standin' by the roadside
bummin' the air
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Em
Brushin' the ashes out of my head
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Am
Alligator alley, alligator alley
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Em
No time to sit and dally
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Everglades burnin', everglades burn
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Once it's gone, there's no return
Get picked up by a girl named Alice
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Em
Says she's drivin' clear to Dallas
With one last nod at the blazin' trees
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Em
I say, drop me off at Nashville, please
She says, what about your automobile?
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I say, leave it for someone to steal
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It don't really run so hot
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Em
The rods are gone and the brakes are shut
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Am
Alligator Alley, Al ligator Alley
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No time to sit and dally
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Everglades burnin',
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Everglades burnin'
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Bm
Em
Bm
Em
Once it's gone, there's no return
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G
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G
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She said, you look like Elvis Presley
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Em
I said, I know, it tends to stress me
Gives rise to undue expectations
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Another such -like aggravation
Farewell alligators, snakes and spiders
D
Florida panthers and big black bears
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Girls named Alice, Lorna and Sally
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Goodbye Florida and Al ligator Alley
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Alligator Alley, Al ligator Alley
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Bm
Em
No time to sit and dally
Bm
Am
Everglades burnin', Everglades burn
G
Bm
Once it's gone, there's no return
Em
Bm
Am
Alligator alley, alligator alley
G
Bm
Em
No time to sit and dally
Bm
Am
Everglades burnin', Everglades burn
G
Bm
Em
Once it's gone, there's no return
G
Bm
Once it's gone, there's no return
Em
G
Once it's gone
Bm
Em
There's no return
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Em
Alligator Alley
Jim Lauderdale
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