Gator chords by
Jerry Reed
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Key: E minor
Intro 1
Em
Em

E
E

B
B

E
E

Em
Em

E
E

He's raised
Verse 1
Em
Em

in the swamp,
in back of a spoon.
G
G

He grew up eatin' rattlesnake meat,
A
A

drinkin' homemade brew.
Em
Em

The folks here about call him Gator,
E
E

and everybody knows him well
Em
Em

G
G

Been as man ever hit the swamp,
A
A

folks swear he come straight
Em
Em

out of hell
Well, Gator McCluskey
sittin' on a stump
B
B

E
E

Hammer pulled back on a 12
-gauge pump
Watchin' that swamp,
Em
Em

A
A

lookin' out for the law
G
G

While he make the best corn liquor
A
A

Em
Em

you ever saw
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
G

Gator, what do you see?
A
A

G
G

Ain't nothin' but the snakes
A
A

B
B

and the gators and me.
E
E

Everything's okey -dokey
B
B

and okey -pa -nokey.
E
E

That chef ain't snoopin' around.
A
A

G
G

So cook that moonshine down
B
B

till it's good and clear.
E
E

Em
Em

E
E

Everything's okie -dokie
B
B

and they're okie for nokie
A
A

That chef, he'd soon mess
Em
Em

around with the devil
G
G

C
C

And he'd get himself lost
A
A

Em
Em

messing around in here
One day he was cooking some mags
E
E

He was almost done when he
Em
Em

spotted the Lord
And he had to run,
B
B

so he headed for the swamp
Em
Em

A
A

And he followed him in,
G
G

but the Lord
might as well have been chasing
A
A

Em
Em

the wind
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
A

my friend,
G
G

Cause he knows that swamp
A
A

B
B

like the back of his hand.
E
E

Watch out, boys, those smokers
B
B

and the okie -dokie,
Em
Em

The Sheriff's out there snooping around,
A
A

So shut that business down
G
G

B
B

and let's disappear.
Em
Em

E
E

Look out, boys, old
B
B

Smoke is in the oaky panokey
But that Shep,
A
A

Em
Em

he's really gonna catch the devil
G
G

C
C

If he keeps on scoopin'
A
A

E
E

Em
Em

around in here
Gators in the smoke, Shep
E
E

Em
Em

Go get him, if you can
Careful Cheryl, don't let that gator bite you
on your golden ass.

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