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Gator by Jerry Reed
Gator
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:no capo
E
He was raised in the swamp
E
In the back of a slough
E G
He grew up eatin' rattlesnake meat
A7
And drinkin' homemade brew
E
Now folks here about call him Gator
E
And everybody knows him well
E G
Meanest man ever to hit the swamp
A7
Folks swear he come straight outta hell
E
Well Gator Mcklusky sittin' on a stump
E
Hammer pulled back on a twelve gauge pump
E
Watchin' that swamp lookin' out for the
A
law
G
While he make the best corn liquor you
A
ever saw
E
(Rock gut whiskey...)
E
While he's makin' that mash he watches and he looks
E
Old Gator he knows that swamp like a book
E
Somethin' out there movin' Gator
A
whaddaya see
G
Ain't nothin' but the snakes and the
A B7
gators and me
E
Everything's okey-dokey in the
B7
Okefenokee
E
That sheriff ain't snoopin' around
A7 G
So cook that moonshine down
B7
'Til it's good and clear
E
Everything's okey-dokey in the
B7
Okefenokee
A7 E
That sheriff he'd soon mess around with
the devil
G G/B
Than to get his self long messin'
A7 E
around in here
E
One day he was cookin' some mash he was almost done
E
When they spotted the law and they had to run
E
So he headed for the swamp and they
A
followed him in
G
But the law might as well been
A
a-chasin' the wind
E
(Look out for that snake, sheriff...)
E
Well they chased on back through the muck and the slime
E
To the back of that swamp where the sun don't shine
E
But the law won't never catch Gator my
A
friend
G
'Cause he knows that swamp like the
A B7
back of his hand
E
Watch out boys old smokey's in the
B7
Okefenokee
G
The sheriff's out there snoopin' around
A G
So shut that business down
B7
And let's disappear
E
Look out boys old smokey's in the
B7
Okefenokee
A
But that sheriff he's really gonna
E
catch the devil
G G/B A7
If he keeps on snoopin' around in here
E
(Gator's in the swamp, sheriff...)
E
(Go get him...)
E
(If you can...)
E
(Careful, sheriff...)
(Don't let that gator bite you on your gonads...)
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