Gator Blood Tabs & Lyrics by Mark Knopfler

Gator Blood

guitar tabs lyrics

Mark Knopfler

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Gator Blood - Mark Knopfler
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Tabbed by:Alex
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I didn't include every little thing, but it should be easy to figure out with the parts
I've put here.

Tuning:Open G - DBDBGD - Capo 3rd fret

First time
D|----3---5---------------------3---5----------------|
B|-/3---3-------3/1----------/3---3------------------|
G|-------------------3-0----------------3P0-------0--|
D|------------------------------------------3P0H3----|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|

Second time
D|----3---5---------------------3---5----------------|
B|-/3---3-------3/1----------/3---3------------------|
G|-------------------3-0----------------3P0----------|
D|------------------------------------------3P0-0----|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
Riff1 Riff2 Riff 3

Rhythm Parts
D|---------------------0-----------------------------------------------------|
B|----0--0--0----------0-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----0--3--0----------0-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----0--0--0----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--------------------------------0-000000-3br0-0-0------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-verse During verse "Swallowed all the
Repeat it Before fills fishes in the frying pan"

^ ^ ^ v ^ v C
D|----3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------1-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------0----------------------------3~~~~~~~~~~~---------|
D|-------------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------3-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Blood...." "Gator Blood" "I got gator blood"
Play is a couple of times After this go into the pre-verse

Hammer on a skillet(Riff 1) up they come(Riff 2)
Showman whanging(Riff 1) on a ballyhoo drum(Riff 3)
Watch out(Riff 1), people I'm a greedy man(Riff 2)
Swallowed all the fishes in the frying pan
Blood, gator blood, I got gator blood

Chicken on a hotplate gobbledegook
Come on up, honey and take a look
Mighty fine weather this time of year
Shake a tail feather you chicken you hear
Blood, gator blood, I got gator blood
(Do intro part two here)

Chicken on a hotplate it's gonna dance
Gonna lose these chickens my first chance
Don't you know I'm a flim flam man
A chicken show it ain't worth a damn
Gator blood, I got gator blood

Solo(Played with a slide)
D|--13/15-15-15-15-15-15-15-X3-----------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------THEN------------3BSLOW---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

I got a country boy, he's a bird who sings
Butter paddle, buck 'n wing
Kid's got a winner bonafide hit
I'm gonna have my dinner on a spit
Blood, gator blood, I got gator blood

Hoopla, humbug, howdy-do
Gonna make you into chicken stew
Alligator in the mud
Don't you know I got gator blood
Gator blood, I got gator blood
(Solo again)

Never lend a dollar to your good friend Tom
Hogwash Holler is where he's from
If you got treasure all in a vault
And he gets you, baby that's your own fault
Gator blood, I got gator blood

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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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