Gator chords by Jerry Reed

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Intro 1

He's raised

Verse 1
Em 
in the swamp,  (E minor) 
in back of a spoon.
G 
He grew up eatin' rattlesnake  (G major) meat,
A 
 (A major) drinkin' homemade brew.
Em 
 (E minor) The  folks here about call him Gator,
E 
and everybody knows him well  (E major) 
Em 
G 
 (E minor) Been as man ever hit the  (G major) swamp,
A 
 (A major) folks swear he come straight
Em 
out of hell  (E minor) 
Well, Gator McCluskey
sittin' on a stump
B 
E 
Hammer pulled  (B major) back on a  (E major) 12
-gauge pump
Watchin' that swamp,
Em 
A 
 (E minor) lookin' out for the  (A major) law
G 
While he  (G major) make the best corn liquor
A 
Em 
you  (A major) ever saw  (E minor) 
Rotten good whiskey.
Heh heh.
While he's makin' that mash,
he watches and he looks.
Oh Gator, he knows that swamp
like a book.
Somethin' out there movin',
G 
Gator,  (G major) what do you see?
A 
G 
 (A major) Ain't  (G major) nothin' but the snakes
A 
B 
and the  (A major) gators and me.  (B major) 
E 
 (E major) Everything's okey -dokey
B 
and  (B major) okey -pa -nokey.
E 
That chef ain't  (E major) snoopin' around.
A 
G 
So  (A major) cook that moonshine  (G major) down
B 
till it's  (B major) good and clear.
E 
Em 
E 
 (E major) Everything's  (E minor) okie  (E major) -dokie
B 
and they're okie for nokie  (B major) 
A 
That chef, he'd  (A major) soon mess
Em 
around with the  (E minor) devil
G 
C 
And he'd  (G major) get himself  (C major) lost
A 
Em 
messing  (A major) around in here  (E minor) 
One day he was cooking some mags
E 
He was almost  (E major) done when he
Em 
 (E minor) spot ted the Lord
And he had to run,
B 
so he headed for the  (B major) swamp
Em 
A 
And he  (E minor) followed him in (A major) ,
G 
but the  (G major) Lord
might as well have been chasing
A 
Em 
the wind  (A major)  (E minor) 
Look out for that snake, Sheriff.
Well, they chased him on
back to the muck and the slime,
To the back of that swamp
where the sun don't shine,
But the law won't never catch a gator,
A 
my  (A major) friend,
G 
Cause he  (G major) knows that swamp
A 
B 
like the  (A major) back of his hand.  (B major) 
E 
Watch  (E major) out, boys, those smokers
B 
and the okie -dokie,  (B major) 
Em 
The Sheriff's out there  (E minor) snooping around,
A 
So  (A major) shut that business down
G 
B 
 (G major) and let's  (B major) disappear.
Em 
E 
Look  (E minor) out,  (E major) boys, old
B 
Smoke is in the oaky pan (B major) okey
But that Shep,
A 
Em 
he's  (A major) really gonna catch the dev (E minor) il
G 
C 
If he  (G major) keeps on  (C major) scoopin'
A 
E 
Em 
around in  (A major) here  (E major)  (E minor) 
Gators in the smoke, Shep
E 
Em 
Go get him,  (E major) if you can  (E minor) 
Careful Cheryl, don't let that gator bite you
on your golden ass.