[Intro] G C G
Bm Em C
Rode around Tennessee
G Bm Em C
Till they stole my car
G Bm Em C
Hoping for a chance to meet
G
Alligator girl
C G
The electric guitar
Bm Em C
I jumped in the river
G Bm Em C
Swam to the bar
G Bm Em C G C G
Hoping to be delivered
C G
Wake from clap of thunder
C G/B
Pull the covers from my face
C G
Lift my head off of the pillow
B7
Check the darkness
Em C G C G
Just in case, she waits
Bm Em C
I thought I saw her at a bus stop praying
G Bm Em C
On a busted tv screen
G Bm Em
Thought I heard her inside an old
C G C G
church playing Mr. Pitiful, Goodnight Irene
( G Bm Em C G Bm Em C G Bm Em C G C G )
Bm Em C
Later on in my hotel
G Bm Em C
Staring up at stucco stars
G Bm
Humming a sweet song
Em C
I wrote for thee
G
Alligator girl
C G
The electric guitar
C G
Wake from clap of thunder
C G/B
Pull the covers from my face
C G
Lift my head off of the pillow
B7
Check the darkness
Em C G C G C G
Just in case, she waits, she waits, she waits
