Chords for Marcia Ball 'The Tattooed Lady & The Alligator Man' | Live Studio Session

[D] _ [C#] _ [C] _ [A#] _ _ [A] _ [G#] _ [A] _
_ [A#] _ _ [B] _ [C] _ [C#] _ [D] Well the tattooed lady and the alligator man
Didn't in a trailer in the promised land
[G] In the summertime they [Gm] hit the [C] [D] road
They're the main attraction in a traveling show
_ [A]
Playing every carnival across the [D] land
The tattooed lady and the [E] [F] alligator [G] man She dances
_ Oh, hoochie coochie [D] coo
_ _ _ _ _ [A] And he crawls on his belly
_ Like a crocodile too
_ _ _ And [G] for a grand finale
_ They climb two [D] by two
To _ _ _ [C] a spot way up [D] in the sky
_ [F] And when the spotlight hits them [G] they fly
And [G#] when they land the crowd [D] goes wild
And they clap [B] their hands
_ _ _ [C#m] _ [Dm] _ [B] [E] For the tattooed [A] lady _ and the [D] alligator man
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Well she always knew what she wanted to do
She was just 18 she got her first tattoo
[G] Was a little green gator with a smiling face
[D]
She put that [Dm] critter in a private place
She [A] said, don't you know that's just a start
[D] _
She turned herself into a work of art
Midway side show a hot as blazes
One stand out in a thousand faces
[G] There's something about it she _ recognized
[D] She was rough around the edges familiar smile
She [A] said, I know him he knows [C#] me
[D] I feel the pull of my [E] [F] destiny
[F#] And [G] now she dances
_ Oh, hoochie [D] coochie coo
_ _ And _ [A] he crawls on his belly
_ Like a crocodile too
_ _ _ _ And [G] for a grand finale
They climb two [D] by two
_ _ _ To [C] a spot way [D] up in the sky
And [F] when the spotlight [G] hits them they fly
And [G#] when they land the [D] crowd goes wild
And they clap [B] their hands
_ For [C#m] _ [Dm] _ [B] [E] the tattooed [A] lady _ and the [D] alligator man
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [D] Well _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ [Cm] _ [A] _ [D] [F] the [D] leaves start falling and they head for home
Sit beside the river let the cool breeze blow
[G] _
The kids are swinging way up in the [D] trees
Like they were born on a flying trapeze
[A] There's a boy and a girl [A] a set of twins
[D] One looks like her and [E] the other [F] [F#] like [G] him
And she dances
_ Oh, hoochie coochie coo
[D] And _ _ he _ [A] crawls on his belly
_ Like a crocodile too
_ _ _ And [G] for a grand finale
_ They climb two [D] by two
_ _ _ _ To [C] a spot way up [D] in the sky
_ [F] And when the spotlight hits [G] them they fly
And [G#] when they land the crowd [D] goes wild
And they clap [B] their _ hands
_ [C#m] _ [Dm] _ [B] [E] For the tattooed lady [A] _ and the [D] alligator man
_ _ _ Yeah, [E] the tattooed lady [A] _ and the [D] alligator [C#] [C] man
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