Alligator

Alligator easy guitar chords by The Charlie Daniels Band

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  • Verse 1
    Old 
    Catahoula 
    Brown 

    lived back 
    in the swamp 

    with his 
    dogs 
    and 
    a bunch 
    of sons. 

    One 
    teenage 
    daughter 
    named Silas 
    Sue, 

    she 
    was as 
    pretty 
    as a 
    newborn 
    fawn. 

    And 
    he didn't 
    like 
    sinners, 

    and he 
    didn't 
    like 
    saints, 

    and 
    he 
    didn't 
    like 
    anything. 

    But as 
    much 
    as he 
    disliked 

    everybody 
    else, 

    he just 
    hated 
    old 
    Silas 
    Gray. 

    Sally 
    Sue 
    come in 
    on 
    Saturday 
    evening 

    as the 
    sun 
    was going 
    down. 

    She 
    said, 
    Papa, 
    if 
    it's 
    alright 
    with 
    you, 

    well, I 
    think I'm 
    gonna go 
    to 
    town. 

    He 
    said, 
    daughter, 

    you get 
    on 
    back 
    in 
    the house, 

    cause 
    you ain't 
    going 
    no 
    place 

    until 
    you 
    get them 
    ribbons 

    out 
    of your 
    hair 

    and wash 
    the 
    makeup 
    off 
    of 
    your face. 

    She 
    said, 
    Papa, 

    don't you 
    be so 
    hard 
    on 
    me, 

    cause I 
    just 
    got 
    date 

    With 
    this boy 
    I met 
    in 
    Sunday 
    school 

    And 
    we 
    ain't 
    gonna 
    be out 
    late 

    And 
    then she 
    walked 
    on 
    up 

    to the 
    rural 
    route 

    And she 
    caught 
    herself 
    ride 

    But 
    you 
    won't 
    know, 

    from Sunday 
    school 

    There 
    was 
    -sittin' 
    on the 
    other 
    side 

    It 
    was 
    Silas 
    Green's 
    youngest 
    son 

    Bobby 
    Joe 
    sittin' 
    under 

    that starin' 
    wheel 

    Alligator, 
    alligator 

    Swimmin' 
    in 
    the 
    street 

    Alligator, 
    alligator 

    What 
    makes 
    you 
    so 
    mean? 

    Alligator, 
    alligator, 

    wonder 
    where 
    you've 
    been. 

    And did 
    you swallow 
    old 

    Catahoula 
    Brown? 

    I ain't 
    never 
    seen 
    him 

    again. 

    Catahoula 
    got up 
    on 
    Sunday 
    morning, 


    made some 
    coffee, 

    and I 
    had him 
    a cup. 

    Then he 
    walked 
    on 
    out 

    to the 
    back of 
    the house 

    to 
    get his 
    pretty 
    daughter 
    up. 

    He 
    went running 
    in the 
    room 

    where the 
    boys 
    all 
    slept, 
    hollering, 

    get up, 
    something 
    ain't right. 

    And 
    I'm 
    worried 
    to death 

    because 
    your 
    darling 
    little sister 

    didn't 
    even come 
    home 
    last 
    night. 

    Johnny 
    said, 
    Papa, 
    don't 
    be 
    mad at 
    me. 

    sure 
    hate 
    to 
    tell 
    you this. 

    But 
    seen 
    her in 
    town 

    with Bobby 
    Joe Green, 

    and I 
    even 
    seen her 
    give him 
    a kiss. 

    And 
    tried 
    to 
    get her 
    to 
    come 
    on back, 

    but she 
    told me 
    to leave 
    her alone. 

    She 
    said Dav
    e was 
    getting mad 

    before the 
    sun 
    come 
    up 

    and 
    she 
    was
    n't ever 

    coming 
    home 

    Caterpillar 
    grabbed 
    the 
    boy 

    by 
    the 
    nap of 
    the neck 

    and 
    he slapped 
    him 
    upside 
    the 
    head 

    He 
    said be
    fore I 
    see 
    her 

    married 
    to 
    that trash 

    I'd 
    rather see 
    the 
    little girl 
    dead 

    And 
    then he 
    whistled 
    up his 
    dog 

    and he 
    grabbed 
    his gun, 

    he was 
    full 
    of evil 
    and 
    might 

    He 
    went run
    ning 
    across the 
    woods, 

    hollering 
    silas 
    green, 

    his bunch 
    are 
    gonna die 
    tonight 

    Then 
    day 
    went by 

    and he 
    didn't 
    come back 

    And another 
    went 
    by 
    in 
    a week 

    And 
    when the 
    boys 
    went looking 

    All they 
    found 
    was his 
    shotgun 

    Lay
    ing 
    on the 
    bottom 
    of the 
    creek 

    And 
    then they 
    found 
    his boots 

    And they 
    found 
    his cap 

    But they 
    couldn't 
    find 
    anything 
    else 

    Except 
    big 
    fat 
    alligator 

    Sitting 
    on 
    a log 

    Looking 
    mighty 
    proud 
    of 
    itself 

    It 
    don't 
    pay 
    to 
    hate somebody 
    so 
    bad 

    You go 
    stomping 
    around 

    in 
    gator 
    country 

    Alligator, 
    alligator, 

    swimmin' 
    in 
    the stream 

    Alligator, 
    alligator, 

    what 
    makes you 
    so 
    mean? 

    Alligator, 
    alligator, 

    I wonder 
    where 
    you've 
    been 

    Did 
    you 
    squatter 
    on 
    Ca
    tahoula 
    Brown? 

    ain't 
    never 
    seen 
    him 
    again 
    you 

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