Alligator Blues chords by Helen Humes
Verse 1
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Sleeping in
the swamps last night,
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down in the Everglades.
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Sleeping in the swamps last night,
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down in the Everglades.
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Woke and found the alligators
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about to make a race.
Heard them talkin' softly,
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said we're gonna have dark meat
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Heard them talkin' softly,
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said we're gonna have dark meat
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See, mouths did water,
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thought that they was gonna
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eat.
My flesh commenced to crawling,
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my skin began to weep.
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My flesh commenced to crawling,
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my skin began to weep.
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It was time for traveling,
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but the swamp was dark
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as sea.
Soon the moon was shining
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softly through the old cane branch,
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soon the moon was shining
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Softened through the old cane frame
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Got myself together for a taste
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I tried to make
The sweat, it was a -poppin'
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and was standin' on my head
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The sweat, it was a -poppin',
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hair was standin' on my head
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I said, Lord have mercy,
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a black woman's gonna be dead
Alligator Blues
Helen Humes
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