Chords for Alex Chilton - Alligator Man [Live 2000]

Tempo:
138.5 bpm
Chords used:

A

Bm

B

E

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Alex Chilton - Alligator Man [Live 2000] chords
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[A]
This is a song about Louisiana.
Wisconsin.
John Harold taught me this tune.
heard John Harold, huh?
That's what I thought.
Bob Dylan's idol.
John Harold used to have a band in the 60s called the Greenbrier Boys.
100%  ➙  139BPM
A
1231
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
E
2311
F#m
123111112
A
1231
Bm
13421112
B
12341112
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_ This is a song _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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about Louisiana.
I learned it from a cat named from Wisconsin. _ _ _ _
_ _ John Harold taught me this tune.
_ _ You never heard John Harold, huh? _ _
That's what I thought.
_ John Harold is Bob Dylan's idol. _ _ _
_ John Harold used to have a band in the 60s called the Greenbrier Boys. _ _
Fucking great. _ _ _
Bluegrass band, folk group in the 60s.
_ Nobody knows them now.
I call them on the telephone. _ _
Anyway, _ he does it better than I do it, but this ain't bad either. _
My ski tells buzzin' round my head Spanish moss for my bed
I bury [B] soul of sea [Bm]-drawn land For I'm [E] an _ alligator [A] _ man _ _
I want big gators all my claws Set aside and I'm gone
To see [Bm] the bell goodbye [B] you shed Who loves this alligator _ [A] _ _ man _
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_ _ bayou country is my home From this place I'll never roam
For I'm [B] the leader [Bm] of the clan Don't ask [E] me how to get around
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And when I bring my hide to town All them people gather round
For they [Bm] just wanna shake the hand Of [E] that tall alligator [A] _ man _
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_ _ Some people search this world with faith But biting gators is my game
And all [Bm] the scars upon my hand For I'm [E] an alligator _ _ [A] _ _ _
man
My ski tells buzzin' round my head _ Spanish moss for my bed
[Bm] I bury soul of sea-drawn land For I'm an [B]
alligator _ [A] man
I'm a very fine man For an alligator _ _ man _ _ _
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