Key: A major
Verse 1
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Em
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Old Catahoula Brown
lived back in the swamp
And he didn't like sinners,
and he didn't like saints,
everybody else,
Sally Sue come in on a Saturday evening
He said, daughter,
you get on back in the house,
out of your hair
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She said, Papa,
And then she walked on up
to the rural route
from Sunday school
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,
I wonder where you've been.
And did you swallow old
I ain't never seen him
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Em
again.
and I had him a cup.
to the back of the house
because your darling little sister
Johnny said, Papa, don't be mad at me.
with Bobby Joe Green,
And I tried to get her to come on back,
before the sun come up
coming home
Caterpillar grabbed the boy
by the nap of the neck
married to that trash
And then he whistled up his dog
and he grabbed his gun,
hollering silas green,
Then a day went by
and he didn't come back
All they found was his shotgun
And then they found his boots
And they found his cap
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
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I ain't never seen him again you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD E A Em
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