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Alligator Pie - Dave Matthews Band Chords

Chords: Am, C, D, E, F#m

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Genre: rock, blues, jam


[Intro]
Am C D
(Repeat 4 times)

(The pattern for most of the song is composed of 4 bars of 4/4:)
(| Am | Am C D | Am | C D |)
(| 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 | 1 2 3 4 |)

[Verse]
Am
Floating in the lower nine
C D
Waiting for a boat to throw me a line
Am
See my Stella smile
C D
Sitting on a roof eating alligator pie
Am
First day the water rise
C D
Second day the sun is high
Am
Third day Stella cries
C D
Cause night time's dark as a dead man's eyes

[Chorus]
Am C D Am C D
Yeah... Oh, Lord... Say yeah, tell me when help is gonna come
Am C D Am C D
Oh... yeah, yeah... Yes, Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a

song?"

(repeat pattern 2 times)

[Verse]
Am
Storm went right on by
C D
Thanked the Lord everybody's alright
Am
Don't mean to throw off a second line
C D
But the devil broke the levee and left us here to die

[Chorus]
Am C D
Yeah... oh Lord...
Am C D
Yeah... Stella said, "Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"
Am C D Am C D
Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"
Am C D Am C D
Daddy when you gonna put me in a song?"
Am C D Am C D
(Much slower, same pattern)
Am C D
Need a dance hall to get y'all down, need a dance hall to get y'all down
Am C D
Need a dance hall to get y'all down, oh, oh, oh...

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